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Associated Press
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Published: Tue, November 13, 2007 - 12:58 pm
Last Updated: Tue, November 13, 2007 - 1:02 pm
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - The Navy has awarded Northrop GrummanCorporation a $90 million contract to get construction materials
ready for one of the first two Zumwalt-class destroyers.
Northrop Grumman's vice president of DDG 1000, Brian Cuccias,
said in a statement today that as the firm move towards the
construction, the award provides the necessary funding to have
materials and production planning ready.
Zumwalt-class destroyers will provide the Navy with advanced
land attack capability in support of the ground campaign and
contribute to naval, joint, or combined battle-space dominance in
littoral operations.
The Navy said the destroyer will operate as part of a joint
maritime fleet, assisting Marine strike forces ashore.
The DDG 1000 class ship has a crew of 142, including the
aviation detachment.
Work will be performed at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems
facilities in Pascagoula and Gulfport, Mississippi.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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