Boeing to upgrade systems with $42.9M

Boeing’s Huntington Beach plant has received a $42.9-million contract from the U.S. Navy to sustain and upgrade one of its information-transfer systems.

The contract supports the Gigabit Ethernet Data Multiplex System, which helps “network or connect in a more streamlined way a lot of the basic functions of how ships operate,” said Paula Shawa, a spokesperson for Boeing.

Under the contract, Boeing will also improve data system networks, regulate engineering changes, update technical documentation and devise interface design documents.

The contract is part of the Navy’s goal to construct, run and modernize a certain type of guided missile destroyers.

Boeing has collaborated with the Navy for more than 35 years to improve information-transfer systems for communication, so this partnering is nothing new.

The Huntington Beach division of Boeing used to be based mostly out of Anaheim, but has moved many of its operations and employees to the Huntington Beach plant, Shawa said.

— Kathryn Watson