BAE Systems Awarded Advanced Gun System Development Contract

Released on Monday, June 11, 2007

BAE Systems, Armament Systems Division, Minneapolis, Minn., is being awarded a not-to-exceed ceiling $276,000,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-05-C-5117) for the design, development and construction of the advanced gun system (AGS) in support of the DDG 1000 Program. The advanced gun system is a fully automated, single barrel, 155-mm, vertically loaded, stabilized gun mount that is capable of storing, programming, loading, and firing long range land attack projectiles. Its primary mission is Land Attack Warfare in support of ground and expeditionary forces beyond line-of-sight in the DDG 1000 System's littoral engagement area where precise, rapid-response, high-volume, long-range fire support is required. Work will be performed in Cordova, Ala. (32 percent), Minneapolis, Minn. (25 percent), Louisville, Ky. (23 percent) and Burlington, Vt. (20 percent), and is expected to be completed by February 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.