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Friday, February 15, 2008

DoD awards $2.8B for two Navy destroyers

The Defense Department has awarded contracts worth $1.4 billion each to Northrop Grumman Corp. and a unit of General Dynamics Corp. to build two new Naval destroyers.

The DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class attack ships will be the lead vessels in a class of new Naval destroyers.

The 14,564-ton destroyers will have dual-band radar systems that pinpoint targets and two 155-milimeter guns that fire precision-guided projectiles more than 50 miles.

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