Raytheon will produce mission system equipment for the Zumwalt-class ship through October 2019 if the Navy exercises all options, the Defense Department said Thursday.
Construction of the ship kicked off April 4, 2012, at a General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) facility, with delivery to the Navy scheduled in fiscal 2018.
The third Zumwalt-class destroyer will operate in littoral and land attack missions.