New destroyer.New Destroyer destroyer, class of warship very fast relative to its length, generally equipped with torpedos, antisubmarine equipment, and medium-caliber and antiaircraft guns. The newest destroyers are equipped with guided missiles as their chief offensive weapon. : Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company is the third largest defense contractor for the U.S. Corp. was awarded a U.S. Navy contract worth $268 million for continuing design work on the Zumwalt-class destroyer. The contract funds further design and procurement of the DDG DDG Guided Missile Destroyer DDG Deutsche Diabetes Gesellschaft DDG Deputy Director General DDG Drop Dead Gorgeous DDG Deutsche Dermatologische Gesellschaft (German Society of Dermatologists) 1000, high-tech stealth-looking destroyer through 2013, the Los Angeles-based defense contractor Noun 1. defense contractor - a contractor concerned with the development and manufacture of systems of defense armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; said. The ship is the first in a class of the U.S. Navy's multi-mission surface combatants tailored for land attack as well as maritime fighting. Work will be performed at Northrop's Pascagoula, and Gulfport, Miss. shipyards, as well as its Washington D.C. Facilities. Northrop is the nation's largest shipbuilder. |
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