U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Angus King, I-Maine announced Tuesday that the Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works a $23,902,104 contract modification. The funding will be used to continue lead yard services for Arleigh Burke-class ships.
“This funding is critical to ensuring that the highly skilled men and women of Bath Iron Works have the necessary resources to continue building the best, most advanced destroyers in the world,” Collins and King said in a joint statement. “We applaud the Navy for this contract modification that supports the hardworking employees at BIW, strengthens Maine’s economy, and bolsters our national security.”
This funding is a cost-plus-award fee modification to a previously awarded contract for lead yard services. The modification provides engineering and technical assistance for the Arleigh Burkeclass destroyers, and tasks include planning and DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class Flight III upgrade design efforts.
Collins is a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations
Subcommittee. King is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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