The Navy nearly finalized a swap of major shipbuilding work between General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman last week, but those talks stalled after bumping up against the service's DD(X) destroyer contract announcement, according to Navy acquisition executive John Young. The delay enables both companies to consider the impact of the DD(X) decision while negotiating the swap, Young told InsideDefense.com yesterday after announcing that Northrop Grumman's Ingalls Shipbuilding and Raytheon Electronics Systems would lead the design of the DD(X) destroyer. As...
