Senator Collins Congratulates Bath Iron Works On $26 Million Contract Award

          Washington, D.C.-- U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of both the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, announced today that the U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works a contract modification for DDG-1000 class services worth $26,000,000.  The contract will require Bath to provide technical and industrial engineering design support in construction and the maintenance of the DDG-1000 design.  

       "BIW design workers and engineers design the most complex ship in the world," said Senator Collins.  "The DDG-1000 is on the cutting edge of shipbuilding technology, and the three destroyers Bath is building will be invaluable assets to U.S. national security and the Navy's mission around the world."

         Senator Collins, in the FY2013 National Defense Authorization Act reported out of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and in the FY2013 Defense Appropriations bill reported out of the Senate Appropriations Committee, strongly supported inclusion of funding to complete construction of the three DDG-1000s being built at BIW.  The bills will be considered by the full Senate later this year.

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