Ingalls Shipbuilding to Add 2 Navy Destroyers
Litton Industries Inc. has announced that its subsidiary, Ingalls Shipbuilding, has been awarded a $620-million contract to build two additional DDG 51 Class Aegis guided-missile destroyers for the Navy.
The option was included in a $2.8-billion multiyear contract awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding in March to build eight Aegis destroyers. The Navy has 21 of the ships under firm contract with Ingalls, with options for four more. The Navy plans to build 57 ships in the DDG 51 class.
Ingalls was awarded a second Navy contract for $6.4 million, Litton said this month, to modernize the guided-missile frigate USS John L. Hall, docked at the naval station at Pascagoula, Miss. The contract calls for environmental upgrades, auxiliary and cooling system improvements, and work on the ship’s hull.
Another Litton subsidiary, PRC Inc. of McLean, Va., has been awarded an $11.9-million contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to handle NASA’s sounding rocket program, based in Wallops Island, Va., which supports scientific and experimental payloads, including weather monitoring systems.
PRC will be responsible for designing, assembling, integrating, testing and launching sounding rockets worldwide. The basic contract is for four years, with two additional three-year options.
If all options are exercised, the potential total contract value is $572.5 million.
In other government contracts for San Fernando Valley-area firms:
* California Microwave Inc. of Woodland Hills won a $50-million contract from the Navy in Crane, Ind., for engineering and program management services.
* Sierracin of Sylmar won a $1.3-million contract from the Navy in Philadelphia for aircraft components.
* Litton Systems Inc. of Woodland Hills won a $289,200 contract from the Army at the Redstone Arsenal in Alabama for lab equipment.
* Senior Flexonics Inc. of Burbank won a $287,496 contract from the Defense Supply Center in Columbus, Ohio, for tube assembly.
* Graphix Press of San Fernando won a $160,000 contract from the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C., for printing services.
* H. R. Textron Inc. of Valencia won a $137,540 contract from the Army at the Redstone Arsenal in Alabama for aircraft components.
