Bath Iron Works Corporation

Bath Iron Works Corporation, a General Dynamics subsidiary and the Navy's lead shipbuilder, operates as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) delivering naval ship construction, post-shakedown availability planning and engineering support, and specialized maritime components to the Department of the Navy. The company competes in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside posture across its portfolio.

Bath Iron Works' customer footprint is nearly monolithic. The Department of the Navy accounts for 95% of award count, with Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) dominating both volume and dollars — 365 awards carrying $38.06 billion in combined potential value. Remaining Navy customers include Naval Supply Systems Command (28 awards, $16.7 million), United States Pacific Fleet Forces (23 awards, $398 thousand), and the Office of Naval Research (15 awards, $740 thousand). The Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard holds two awards valued at $24.4 million. This concentration is decision-defining: Bath Iron Works' entire federal footprint rides on the Navy's budget and NAVSEA's procurement cadence.

The capability portfolio is shipbuilding-centric and vessel-specific. Bath Iron Works holds a sole-source Basic Ordering Agreement with NAVSEA for Post Shakedown Availability planning and support services for DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers extending through December 31, 2031 — this vehicle anchors the relationship. Recent major awards include a $13.79 billion definitive contract awarded August 1, 2023, for construction of up to ten DDG 51 Flight III destroyers across fiscal years 2023–2027, a $955.9 million cost-plus-award-fee definitive contract for ship alteration work issued August 1, 2024, and a $423.9 million cost-plus-award-fee contract awarded December 1, 2024, for DDG 51 class lead yard support and class changes design services. Bath Iron Works also holds a $106.6 million cost-plus-award-fee contract for DDG(X) shipbuilder design engineering awarded July 22, 2022. Below these headline programs, the vendor receives hundreds of purchase orders for vessel-specific components — hose assemblies, expansion joints, damping tiles, sonar dome tiles, shafting hardware, and workbenches — typically in the tens of thousands of dollars, supporting maintenance and modernization across the active destroyer fleet.

Top parent vehicles reflect the NAVSEA relationship. Five indefinite-delivery contracts carry the work: N0002485C2144 (111 task orders), N0002484C2005 (72 task orders), N0002485C2036 (55 task orders), N0002482C2011 (41 task orders), and Basic Ordering Agreement N0002480G2146 (37 task orders). Award concentration by NAICS and PSC code reinforces specialization: Ship Building and Repairing (163 awards), Bolt/Nut/Screw Manufacturing (32 awards), Metal Valve and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing (30 awards), and Hardware Manufacturing (29 awards) dominate the category stack. Performance is concentrated in Bath, Maine, where the company maintains primary shipbuilding and component manufacturing operations.

Activity trajectory shows moderate recent growth — four awards in 2022 to eighteen in 2025, across a total footprint of 1,558 prime and sub awards since 1981 with combined potential value of $38.1 billion. Three awards carrying combined potential value of $5.13 billion face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete exposure on major contracts. In its subcontractor role, Bath Iron Works supports primes including Delphinus Engineering (engine rail installation on DDG 85 and lot 2), BAE Systems Jacksonville Ship Repair (USS Lassen RCC settlement and material-to-labor conversion), and Metro Machine Corp (USS Porter EDSRA). Bath Iron Works also participates in Advanced Technology International consortia on Navy ManTech and manufacturing center-of-excellence projects focused on surface preparation, digital radiography, and accuracy control for shipbuilding.