BAE Systems has received a $47.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy to modernize the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) at the company’s shipyard in San Diego, the ship’s homeport.
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The company’s San Diego shipyard also was recently awarded a $11.5 million contract to dry-dock and modernize the San Diego-based mine countermeasures ship USS Champion (MCM 4). Work aboard the 224-foot-long ship will begin in January and will be completed August.