France places order for fourth Batiment multimission ship

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France places order for fourth Batiment multimission ship
by Ryan Maass
Paris (UPI) Feb 16, 2017

BAE to modernize guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg
Washington (UPI) Feb 16, 2017 - BAE Systems received a $42.9 million contract to perform repair and modernization services for the U.S. Navy's USS Vicksburg.

Under the contract, the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser will undergo sepcial selected restricted availability, or SSRA. The work will consist of ship alternations and repairs in addition to modernization efforts.

BAE Systems' agreement with the Navy includes 92 base items and 7 options with the potential to raise the contract value to $45.9 million.

The U.S. Department of Defense says the work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and expects it to be complete by September 2017.

BAE Systems received all funding for the project at the time of the contract award, with $32 million set to expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center in Virginia is listed as the contracting activity.

USS Vicksburg has been in service with the Navy since 1992, and has participated in various military exercises. Navy officials initially planned to retire the vessel alongside eight other Ticonderoga-class cruisers in fiscal 2013.

The French Ministry of Defense has confirmed it has ordered the construction of a fourth Batiment multimission ship.

French defense officials initially planned to operate three of the vessels, but decided in early 2015 to procure a fourth. The new ship is slated for delivery in 2018.

The confirmation, announced in a statement released by the French Directorate of General Armaments, comes less than a year after the country's government received its second Batiment multimission ship, or B2M. Kership, an enterprise jointly owned by Piriou and DCNS Group, is expected to deliver the third vessel in early 2017.

B2M ships are designed to perform various sovereignty missions at sea, including law enforcement, logistics, search-and-rescue operations and assisting compromised vessels. They were procured to replace the aging BATRAL-class patrol ships.

The vessels displace roughly 2,300 tons at sea, reach a speed of 13 knots, and are crewed by 20 sailors. The French governments adds the ships are capable of deploying for 30 days without refueling.

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