Contract modification awarded for Navy ship work

General Dynamics Corp. will provide a range of technical services to the Navy under a contract modification worth an estimated $11 million.

The award calls for General Dynamics Information Technology to assist with alteration installations, engineering research, design, computer programming and logistics on hull, mechanical, electrical and electronics systems on board Navy ships.

The work, which is expected to be completed by March 2010, will be performed principally at fleet concentration areas that include Norfolk, Va.; San Diego; Mayport, Fla.; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; and Yokosuka/Sasebo, Japan.

The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Ship System Engineering Station, Philadelphia, is the contracting activity.