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Tipoffs on Bath Iron Works Newsletter for Sunday November 21, 2021 ( 2 items )  

Future USS Quentin Walsh Marks Start of Fabrication
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: The Navy and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) marked the start of fabrication for the future USS Quentin Walsh (DDG 132) with a ceremony at BIW's Structural Fabrication Facility in East Brunswick, Maine, Nov. 16. DDG 132 will be a DDG 51 Flight III guided missile destroyer centered on the AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar and will incorporate upgrades to the electrical power and cooling capacity plus  more

On Senate Floor, Sen. King Emphasizes Importance of Bipartisan Defense Bill to National Security, Maine Jobs
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today spoke on the Senate Floor in support of the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). In his speech, Senator King highlighted the Senate's continued bipartisan work to strengthen our national security, support America's men and women in uniform, and shared key provisions of the defe  more