On Tuesday, the U.S. Navy declared a pair of multiyear procurement agreements for the destroyers belonging to the Arleigh Burke class, awarding three to General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and six to HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding.
The service will buy nine new Flight III destroyers across the fiscal year 2023 through 2027. The deals also include the options for additional vessels, should they get funded in future defence budgets. The Navy, however, did not disclose the value of the contracts in the...