General Dynamics Corp.\'s Bath Iron Works has been awarded a $14 million contract extension to provide logistic support for the construction of a class of warships.
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, a Maine Democrat and member of the House Armed Services Committee, said “with this contract the company will be able to offer technical and industrial engineering to help construction and the maintenance of the DDG-1000 ship design.”
The first DDG-1000, the USS Zumwalt, is under construction at BIW and is expected to be supplied to the Navy in 2013.
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, a Maine Democrat and member of the House Armed Services Committee, said “with this contract the company will be able to offer technical and industrial engineering to help construction and the maintenance of the DDG-1000 ship design.”
The first DDG-1000, the USS Zumwalt, is under construction at BIW and is expected to be supplied to the Navy in 2013.