BAE to provide DDG comm system

ST. INIGOES, Md. -- BAE Systems received a $37 million contract to design, install and test onboard radio communications and network capability for the U.S. Navy's new DDG 113 and DDG 114 destroyers, both being built by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss. The installed technology will include multi-spectrum radio sets, antenna systems and baseband switching, as well as data-link modems and message distribution services. BAE Systems has provided onboard communications for 62 destroyers and 27 cruisers equipped with the Aegis combat system. Work will be done primarily at Navy facilities in St. Inigoes and at nearby BAE Systems offices. (Source: BAE Systems, 12/08/11)