Kollmorgen gets another contract to provide sensor masts for U.S. Navy submarines

Kollmorgen Electro-Optical in Northampton, Mass., will provide the U.S. Navy with five Universal Modular Mast (UMM) systems for submarines under terms of a $14.7 million contract modification announced Monday by U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington.

It is the second multimillion-dollar Navy order to Kollmorgen for submarine sensor masts within a week's time.

The UMM, built by Kollmorgen Electro-Optical and Kollmorgen's Italian subsidiary Calzoni SrL in Bologna, Italy, is a non-hull penetrating mast for Navy Virginia-class fast-attack submarines and Ohio-class guided missile submarines.

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