BAE Systems to modernise USS Gettysburg
BAE Systems has received a $146.3 million contract from the US Navy to modernise the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg.
Starting in January 2019, the ship will undergo 15 months of extensive repair and upgrade work that will return the ship to full capability after nearly four years of inactive status under the navy’s cruiser modernisation programme. The work is scheduled to be complete in March 2020.
BAE Systems will upgrade Gettysburg's weapons and engineering equipment; support the installation of a new Aegis combat system, new communications suite and the Consolidated Afloat Network Enterprise Systems; and renovate the crew’s living spaces aboard the 27-year-old ship.
The modernisation work is expected to extend the service life of the Gettysburg to 2035.
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