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GenDyn contracted for USS Cowpens modernization

By Stephen Carlson
The USS Cowpens is seen returning to its homeport of San Diego, Calif. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Will Gaskill/U.S. Navy
The USS Cowpens is seen returning to its homeport of San Diego, Calif. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Will Gaskill/U.S. Navy

Aug. 15 (UPI) -- General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding of San Diego, Calif., has received a $147.7 million contract for the modernization availability of the USS Cowpens, a Ticonderoga-class cruiser.

The U.S. Navy contract, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, provides for a long-term availability which will include maintenance, modernization and repairs. The contract includes options which if executed would bring the total value of the contract to $154.8 million.

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Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by December 2019. Navy fiscal 2018 operations, maintenance and procurement funds in the amount of $147.7 million will be obligated at time of award.

The Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser is one of the primary surface combatants of the U.S. Navy. It carries the AEGIS Weapons System, an advanced combat control system that can coordinate surface-to-air missiles, Tomahawk cruise missiles and anti-submarine sensors and weapons.

The vessel carries the MK-41 Vertical Launch System for missiles, torpedoes, light guns, two SH-60 Seahawk helicopters and a crew of over 300. Alongside the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, Ticonderoga-class cruisers are the main escort for US carrier strike groups.

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