General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman have reached an agreement to have GD's Bath Iron Works shipyard in Maine build three DDG-1000 vessels while Northrop's Ingalls yard in Mississippi re-starts production of DDG-51 guided-missile destroyers, a Navy spokesman told Inside the Navy this morning. The proposed swap was outlined by Defense Secretary Robert Gates in a press briefing April 6. Press reports last week said the two companies had agreed to the plan, but at the time neither the companies nor...