Author: Ramona Adams|| Date Published: May 31, 2017
Philadelphia Gear has received a $98 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to deliver three shipsets of main reduction gears for Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers.
The Defense Departmentsaid Tuesday the contract includes MRGs that will be installed in the DDG 125, DDG 126 and DDG 127 ships.
MRG is a set of gears that works to transmit power from a ship’s two main propulsion gas turbines to the propulsion shaft.
Work will occur in Santa Fe Springs, California; Kansas City, Missouri; St. Augustine, Florida; and Latrobe and Erie, Pennsylvania through May 2020.
The Naval Sea Systems Command will obligate the full modification amount from the service branch’s fiscal 2016 and 2017 shipbuilding and conversion funds.
Philadelphia Gear is a brand of Timken Gears and Services that offers onsite technical services; inspection, repair and upgrade support; renewal parts and new enclosed drives.
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Philadelphia Gear has received a $98 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to deliver three shipsets of main reduction gears for Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers.
