BAE Systems wins USD 175 million contract to modernize USS Vicksburg

January 8, 2020, by navaltoday

BAE Systems Ship Repair in Virginia has received a USD 175 million contract from the US Navy to modernize the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG 69).

As informed, Vicksburg will undergo approximately 18 months of work at the company’s shipyard in Norfolk, the ship’s homeport.

The modernization period (MODPRD) contract includes options that, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to USD 175.1 million.

BAE Systems initiated the first phase of Vicksburg’s modernization program in May 2017. The company will begin the final phase of work later this month.

Under the new contract, the shipyard’s employees and industry partners will work on the ship’s weapons and engineering equipment, including its gas turbine propulsion system; restore crew habitability spaces, and support the installation of a new Aegis combat system, communication suite and Consolidated Afloat Network Enterprise System (CANES).

The Vicksburg’s MODPRD is scheduled to be completed in July 2021, allowing the ship to rejoin the operational fleet afterward.

BAE Systems’ Norfolk shipyard also is performing similar work on the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64). The Gettysburg’s MODPRD work began in January 2019 and is expected to be completed in fall 2020.

The Gettysburg and Vicksburg were commissioned in the early 1990s. BAE Systems’ work is expected to extend the service lives of both ships into the mid-2030s.