RT--GD contract mod.// Navy Awards General Dynamics $5.9 Million Contract Modification
Navy Awards General Dynamics $5.9 Million Contract Modification
GROTON, Conn., April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Navy has awarded General
Dynamics Electric Boat, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), a $5.9
million contract modification to provide design, engineering and technical
support for modification to the submarine Jimmy Carter (SSN-23). Electric Boat
is now altering the Jimmy Carter, the third and final Seawolf-class submarine,
to accommodate advanced technology for naval special warfare, tactical
surveillance and mine warfare operations.
The modifications will require changes to the basic Seawolf design in the
areas of ballast control, mission-management spaces, and various services. A
unique feature of the modification is the creation of a flexible ocean
interface, referred to as the "wasp waist," which will enable the Navy to
deploy and recover various payloads without having to use torpedo tubes. The
ship is scheduled for a 2004 delivery.
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs
approximately 52,000 people worldwide and had 2001 revenues of $12 billion.
The company has leading market positions in land and amphibious combat
systems, mission-critical information systems and technologies, shipbuilding
and marine systems, and business aviation.
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Apr-02-2002 15:13 GMT
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