Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Newport News, Va., has been awarded a $200,000 contract by The Boeing Company in connection with the Navy's Advanced Surface Missile System (ASMS) program.
Under the contract, the company will provide naval architectural and marine engineering assistance and consultation for integration of the ASMS aboard operational-class ships.
Newport News Shipbuilding, with an extensive background in naval engineering and construction, was made a member of the Boeing ASMS industrial team because of its experience in initial design work of the naval defense system.
The program's production phase will be scheduled to coincide with the construction of a new class of guided missile ships (known as the DXG project) during the next decade.
Currently, Boeing is one of three firms competing in a Navy contract definition phase on ASMS. In August 1969, the Navy will select a single contractor to continue into engineering development work on the system.