PITTSFIELD, Mass., Dec. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- On Monday, the
U.S. Navy awarded a follow-on, omnibus contract to General Dynamics
Mission Systems that continues a broad scope of work for fire
control systems and subsystems aboard U.S. Navy and United Kingdom's Royal
Navy nuclear ballistic-missile submarines (SSBN). The
contract has a total potential value of $299,866,600 over the next four years. The
omnibus contract is a follow-on to a contract awarded to General
Dynamics in December 2015 for the
development, production, installation and deployed-systems support
of U.S. and U.K. Trident II submarine strategic weapons systems and
subsystems.
General Dynamics Mission Systems' Maritime and Strategic Systems
line of business will deliver support and modernization of the
existing SSBN strategic weapon system including fire control
subsystem installation, maintenance, sustainment, training and
repairs to navigation and launch subsystems. The company will also
continue development of the fire control system for the U.S Navy's
Columbia class submarine and the Royal Navy's Dreadnought class
ballistic-missile submarine. Work on the development and
sustainment of the U.S. Navy's Ohio-class guided-missile submarine
attack weapon control system is also part of the contract.
The majority of the work in support of this contract will
take place here.
"Our support for the Navy's strategic deterrent program spans
nearly six decades, and forms the foundation of our U.S. Navy
business," said Carlo Zaffanella,
vice president and general manager of General Dynamics Mission
Systems' Maritime & Strategic Systems business.
"Continuing the work we have done on existing Ohio SSBN fire
control systems, and the development of the fire control system for
the Navy's newest fleet of submarines demonstrates our ongoing
relationship, built on trust, partnership and innovation, with the
U.S. and U.K. naval forces."
General Dynamics Mission Systems is a business unit of General
Dynamics (NYSE: GD). For more information about General Dynamics
Mission Systems, please visit gdmissionsystems.com and follow us on
Twitter @GDMS.
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