Northrop Grumman Gets $191M for DDG1000

Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $191,119,037 cost-reimbursement type modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-2304) for DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class Destroyer long lead material, production planning labor, integrated logistics support, and systems integration engineering to support detail design and construction.Work will be performed in Pascagoula, Miss. (47 percent), Pittsburgh, Pa. (30 percent), Parsippany, N.J. (12 percent), Indianapolis, Ind. (5 percent), Erie, Pa. (4 percent), and Iron Mountain, Mich. (2 percent), and is expected to be completed by November 2007.Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington D.C., is the contracting activity.