Pentagon Pours $120 Million Into Modernization of US Navy's Destroyers, Cruisers

The shipbuilding and ship repair companies operating in San Diego in the US state of California have received contracts totaling more than $120 million to repair and modernize US Navy destroyers and cruisers, the Department of Defense said in a press release.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, Continental Maritime of San Diego and General Dynamics, as well as National Steel and Shipbuilding Company of San Diego were awarded a combined $120.4 million in contracts, according to the Monday statement.

The companies will carry out complex, emergent and continuous maintenance, repair and modernization work on surface combatants (destroyers and cruisers) home-ported in San Diego, California, the Defense Department explained.

Work on the contracts is expected to be completed by March 2018, the announcement added.