Bird-Johnson Company, Walpole, Mass., has been awarded a contract by Empresa Nacional Bazan, El Ferrol del Caudillo, Spain, for three shipsets of FFG controllable-pitch propellers and shafting. These propellers will be identical to the ones Bird-Johnson manufactured for the U.S. Navy's 50-ship FFG-7 guided missile frigate program.
Empresa Nacional Bazan is building three ships for the Spanish Navy, and in addition to the contract with Bird-Johnson Company, the Spanish shipyard has a contract with Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, for procurement assistance and production support. Two shipsets of the Bird-Johnson propellers are scheduled for delivery in November 1983; the third and final shipset will be delivered in May of 1984.