SEPTEMBER 28, 2018 — The Navy has awarded contracts for the construction of ten more DDG 51 Arleigh Burke class destroyers, six to be built by Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division and four by General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard.
Huntington Ingalls has been awarded a $5,104,668,778 multiyear contract for construction of two ships in fiscal 2018 and one each in fiscal 2019 through 2022.
Bath Iron Works has been awarded a $3,904,735,559 multiyear contract for...
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018 — With the recent landing of its modernized radar tower, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) has completed about 25 percent of its refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division.
USS George Washington is the sixth Nimitz-class ship to undergo this major life-cycle milestone and the first to have its new radar tower installed as one complete structure instead of two individual...
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 — General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), yesterday began construction on the future USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), the first ship for the U.S. Navy’s John Lewis fleet oiler program.
Representatives from NASSCO and the U.S. Navy gathered at NASSCO’s San Diego shipyard for a ceremony to cut the first piece of steel, signifying the start of construction for the first of six vessels for the U.S. Navy. Construction of the first ship is...