Huntington Ingalls wins $697M destroyer contract
by Associated Press Published: September 27,2011
Tags: defense, destroyer, manufacturing, military, Navy, shipbuilding, ships
PASCAGOULA — Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. has been awarded a $697.6-million contract to build an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in Pascagoula. Low bidder Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, meanwhile, is being awarded a similar contract with an option to build a second ship. The Arleigh Burke-class ships are guided missile destroyers equipped with the Aegis [...] [...]
