INGALLS TODAY -- PROVEN CAPABILITY IN SURFACE COMBATANTS

In May 1987, following major competition, Ingalls was selected by the U.S. Navy to participate in the construction of the Navy's Aegis guided missile destroyer fleet.

So far in the program, Ingalls has been awarded contracts to build 24 Aegis destroyers, with 15 already delivered. 

This program of highly sophisticated surface combatants is planned by the Navy to ultimately include 57 ships, of which 51 have now been procured.

In February 1984, Ingalls was awarded a contract to build USS WASP (LHD 1), the lead ship in the Navy / Marine Corps team's newest class of multipurpose amphibious assault ships.

In September 1986, the Company was selected by the Navy to build three follow-on ships of the class, and in December 1991, Ingalls won a major competition to build a fifth LHD. 

That contract included an option exercised with Ingalls in December 1992 for the construction of LHD 6, and an option exercised in December 1995 for the construction of LHD 7.

The first seven Ingalls-built LHDs are now in the fleet. In July 2000, The U.S. Navy placed Ingalls under contract to begin design work leading to the construction of LHD 8.

In June 1998, teaming arrangements were established under which two competing total ship concepts and designs would be produced for the ZUMWALT (DD 21) Program -- the Navy’s revolutionary 21^st Century multimission destroyer. This highly survivable ship will provide the Navy and the nation the capability to gain and maintain access to critical areas of the world.

While on competing teams to determine a ship design and systems integrator, Ingalls and Bath will share equally in the construction of the ships once a design is chosen from the two teams. The Navy is expected to build 32 ships in the DD 21 Class.

Ingalls, Raytheon and Boeing comprise the "DD 21 Gold Team," with General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works partnering with Lockheed Martin and others on the "Blue Team."  Ingalls and Bath will lead the teams with their respective systems integrator partners. This process, the Navy said, is designed to ensure that efficiency and producibility during ship construction will be properly considered as part of the design process.

In August 1998, the Navy awarded each team a contract for Phase I  system concept design work. Both teams successfully completed Phase I in November 1999, and consequently the Navy awarded each team a contract to develop the Initial System Design for their concept in Phase II.

Both teams are now concluding this effort and have submitted proposals for Phase III and follow. The Navy will select one team to become the Full Service Contractor for the class. This includes completing the Initial System Design (Phase III), Detail Design and Construction of the first four ships in Phase IV (two at each shipyard), and Life Cycle and Engineering Support for the class (Phase V).

For more information on the DD 21 Program and the DD 21 Gold Team, please visit http://www.DD21GoldTeam.com.

Ingalls and Lockheed Martin have entered into a joint venture partnership under which the two major corporations will submit a proposed "best value" solution for the U.S. Coast Guard’s Deepwater Program. This newly formed joint venture – Integrated Coast Guard Systems – formalizes a partnership underway for more than three years.

The U.S. Coast Guard’s Deepwater Program, formally known as the Deepwater Capability Replacement Program, is an innovative acquisition / program management approach to the recapitalization of the service's ships, aircraft and system platforms to support deepwater missions. The missions include Maritime Law Enforcement, Maritime Safety, National Defense and Marine Environmental Protection. Integrated Coast Guard Systems is focused on providing the Coast Guard with 21st century solutions to upgrade its 20th century, aging fleet.

"Our goal in forming this joint venture is to provide the Coast Guard and the taxpayers of America with a ‘best value’ approach to the development, procurement and management of a complex re-capitalization effort," said Jerry St. Pe', chief operating officer, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Sector. "The Coast Guard is especially important to those of us who live on the Gulf Coast. We are well aware of their important and heroic roles of protecting our lives and property resources, and in enforcing our maritime and coastal laws and regulations. We are proud to be able to contribute to these efforts by providing them with the best possible equipment, so that the Coast Guard will remain ‘Always Ready’ well into the 21st century."

The Lockheed Martin - Ingalls joint venture is one of three teams competing for the program, which represents approximately $9 billion of work over 20 years. A winner is expected to be selected in mid-2002.