Contract provides additional funding for design work on DDG51

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, announced a $66 million contract addition for work being done at Bath Iron Works on the maintenance and modernization of the ArleighBurke class of destroyers.

“The Arleigh Burke class continues to be a workhorse for the Navy and maintaining and modernizing the ships will help keep the top notch workers at BIW on the job,” Pingree said. “The skill level and experience of BIW workers is a critical asset to our country’s defense industry and it’s important to do everything we can to keep them fully employed. We can’t afford to lose them.”

The contract announced today is to provide expert design, planning, and material support services for both maintenance and modernization of the DDG51 class of destroyers.

NOTE: Image of the first DDG-51, the USS Arleigh Burke, can be seen here: http://goo.gl/tBcRP