Lockheed gets DDG-51 work

ORLANDO, Fla. - Lockheed Martin was awarded a $15 million contract as part of the Navy's Modernization Program for the DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. The contract for initial Machinery Control System shipsets and related equipment includes options and engineering services which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to $51.5 million. Lockheed Martin provides marine engineering control systems for all Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. (Source: PRNewswire, 01/08/09). Northrop Grumman builds DDG-51 destroyers on the Gulf Coast.