Sperry Gets $62.8-Million Navy Contract For Frigate Combat Systems Work

Sperry Corporation has been awarded a $62.8-million definitized contract by the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command for engineering, development, integration, and production support of combat systems on 11 Perry Class (FFG-7) guided-missile frigates.

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The equipment includes fire control systems, communications systems, command and control systems, and electronic warfare systems.

Work on this contract is being done at Great Neck and Ronkonkoma, N.Y., and at Arlington, Va.

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