Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $15,978,754 modification to previously awarded contract to exercise options for the accomplishment of follow yard class services for the DDG 51 Class Aegis destroyer program and will provide expert design, planning, and material support services for both DDG 51 ship construction and modernization. Work will be performed in Pascagoula and is expected to be completed by August 2010. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 08/21/09)