Bath Iron Works Awarded $18 Million Contract for USS FARRAGUT (DDG 99) Post-Shakedown Availability
BATH, ME – The U. S. Navy today awarded a $17.9 million contract to Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), to perform Post-Shakedown Availability (PSA) maintenance, repair and upgrade work for the Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer USS FARRAGUT (DDG 99).
Work on the ship is scheduled to begin in February 2007 and will be performed by a Bath Iron Works – Atlantic Dry Dock Corporation Team in Atlantic’s facilities near the ship’s home port of Mayport, Fla. Services to be provided include engineering and management services; labor and procurement of material for system upgrades and to correct government-responsible deficiencies; performance of specified PSA work items, including tests and post-repair sea trials; and additional tasking to complete emergent repairs. The PSA will be completed in June, 2007.
Dugan Shipway, president of BIW, noted that BIW has received contracts to perform eight of the last nine off-site PSAs which the Navy has awarded. He said, “We take this as a vote of confidence in our ability to conduct quality PSA jobs that give the Navy what they want at the price that they want. We look forward to working with our new partner, Atlantic Marine, to deliver another first-class PSA to the Navy.”
Bath Iron Works of Bath, Maine, is the lead designer and builder of the DDG 51 Class AEGIS destroyer and employs approximately 5,600 people. General Dynamics (NYSE:GD), headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 81,900 people worldwide and had 2005 revenue of $21.2 billion. The company is a market leader in mission-critical information systems and technologies; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and business aviation. More information about the company can be found at www.generaldynamics.com.
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September 26, 2006
Contact: Jim DeMartini
Tel: (207) 442-1695
Email: jim.demartini@gdbiw.com
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