General Tool Company (GTC) today announced an expansion of its Cincinnati manufacturing facility to increase production throughput of the Rolls-Royce AG9160RF gas turbine generator (GTG) set for the U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke Class (DDG 51) destroyer program.
The expansion enables GTC to scale production from supporting two ships annually to three ships annually.
The AG9160RF is the class-standard generator set for Flight III destroyers, providing the electrical power needed to support advanced systems, including the SPY-6 radar. Rolls-Royce GTGs have powered every U.S. Navy destroyer and cruiser since the Spruance-class destroyer in 1975, including the Arleigh Burke, Zumwalt and Ticonderoga classes.
As the exclusive manufacturing and integration partner for the AG9160RF product line, GTC's latest expansion builds upon a longstanding partnership with Rolls-Royce dating back to the 1980s and the original DDG-51 program.
Each Flight III destroyer includes three AG9160RF generator sets to power advanced combat systems and is built by General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and Huntington Ingalls Industries.
REDI Cincinnati and JobsOhio partnered to support the project, which added 47 new jobs and generated $4.1 million in payroll.
