The Navy last week awarded two multibillion-dollar procurement contracts, one to Huntington Ingalls Industries and one to Bath Iron Works, for Arleigh-Burke class destroyers. HII will build six DDG-51 ships as part of its $5.1 billion contract. Two of those destroyers are for fiscal year 2018 followed by one per year from FY-19 through FY-22. The $3.9 billion award to Bath Iron Works is for four destroyers, one each year from FY-19 through FY-22. Navy acquisition executive Hondo Geurts said...
