Hughes Aircraft to share LPD 17 contract award as member of the Avondale Alliance.ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 17, 1996--Hughes Aircraft Co. Tuesday said it will share in a $641.4 million contract awarded to the Avondale Alliance, which the Navy selected to design, construct and support the service's next generation of amphibious class of ships, the LPD 17. A unit of Hughes Electronics Corp., Hughes Aircraft's share will be in excess of $200 million. As the ship systems integrator for prime contractor Avondale Industries Inc. of New Orleans, Hughes Aircraft's Naval and Maritime Systems unit of San Diego will be responsible for designing, integrating, testing and delivering the ship electronics system for each ship of the class. Hughes will also oversee all subsequent integration processes throughout the estimated 40-year life cycle of this class of ships. Additionally, Hughes is the developer of many of the weapons systems and C3I systems aboard LPD 17, such as the Advanced Combat Direction System The Advanced Combat Direction System is a centralized, automated command-and-control system, collecting and correlating combat information. It upgrades the Naval Tactical Data System (NTDS) for aircraft carriers and large-deck amphibious ships. (ACDS) Block-1, Ship Self Defense System (SSDS), the Evolved Seasparrow Missile (ESSM), the Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) and Surface Search Radar Noun 1. surface search radar - a naval radar to search for surface targets naval radar - naval equipment consisting of a shipboard radar (SSR). Hughes will be supported in its integration efforts by Lockheed Martin Tactical Defense Systems, Sperry Marine, CAE (1) (Computer-Aided Engineering) Software that analyzes designs which have been created in the computer or that have been created elsewhere and entered into the computer. Electronics and Lucent Technologies. Tuesday's source selection announcement and contract award by the Naval Sea Systems Command The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) is the largest of the U.S. Navy's five "systems commands," or materiel organizations. NAVSEA consists of four shipyards, eight "warfare centers" (two undersea and six surface), four major shipbuilding locations and the NAVSEA headquarters, marks the end of a winner-take-all competition between the Avondale Alliance and a team led by Litton-Ingalls. Under the terms of the contract, the Avondale Alliance will build the lead ship, the USS San Antonio (LPD 17) and two follow-on ships (LPD 18 and 19). The Navy's LPD 17 program calls for the procurement of 12 LPD 17 class of ships which could be worth more than $8 billion over the life of the program. According to Navy plans, LPD 17 ships will enter the Fleet beginning in 2002, with the final ship scheduled for delivery in 2008. The LPD 17 class of ships will replace 41 ships of four ship classes, including the Anchorage Class LSD LSD or lysergic acid diethylamide (lī'sûr`jĭk, dī'ĕth`ələmĭd, dī'ĕthəlăm`ĭd), alkaloid synthesized from lysergic acid, which is found in the fungus ergot ( , the Newport Class LST, the Charleston Class LKA and the Austin Class LPD. The LPD 17's primary mission will be to transport a Marine landing force to the amphibious objective area A geographical area (delineated for command and control purposes in the order initiating the amphibious operation) within which is located the objective(s) to be secured by the amphibious force. and subsequently deploy the force ashore. The ship-to-shore phase will be executed via helicopters, Landing Craft Air Cushion vehicles, and other means, such as the MV 22 vertical-takeoff and -landing aircraft and the Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle The Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV)—official designation AAV-7A1 (formerly known as LVT-7) is a fully tracked amphibious landing vehicle manufactured by FMC Corporation (now BAE Systems Land and Armaments). . In addition to Avondale Industries and Hughes Aircraft, the Alliance consists of two other principals: Intergraph of Huntsville, Ala., and Bath Iron Works Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine. Since its foundation in 1884 by Thomas W. Hyde, Bath Iron Works has built private, commercial and military vessels. Corp. (BIW) of Bath, Maine, a unit of General Dynamics Corp. Hughes Aircraft is a unit of Hughes Electronics. The earnings of Hughes Electronics are used to calculate the earnings per share attributable to GMH (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange symbol) common stock. CONTACT: Hughes Aircraft Co., Arlington Dave Shea, 703/284-4245 |
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