The Navy is considering changing the acquisition strategy for the DD(X) destroyer program by making it a sole-source, winner-take-all contest for the production of the entire class, rather than dividing the work between two shipyards, Northrop Grumman's Ingalls and General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works, a Navy official said today. No final decision has been made and the plan is still subject to approval by acting Pentagon acquisition czar Michael Wynne, said the Navy official, who had no comment on the...
