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  • Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilder Nears Completion of Future JFK Aircraft Carrier - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilder Nears Completion of Future JFK Aircraft Carrier

    A shipbuilding business of Huntington Ingalls Industries has reached a 70-percent completion milestone on the structural work for a future Ford-class aircraft carrier. Newport News Shipbuilding has assembled 317 lifts for the USS John F. Kennedy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier since the keel laying in August 2015, HII said Thursday. The company expects a total of 447 lifts to […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Delivers Modernized USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Delivers Modernized USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier to Navy

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has turned over the USS Abraham Lincoln nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the U.S. Navy following sea trials and a recapitalization effort. HII said Friday the sea trials validated the carrier’s systems that underwent refueling and complex overhaul, or RCOH, at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division. The Navy awarded HII a potential $2.6 billion contract in […] More

  • Navy Cancels RFP on Commercial Recycling of USS Enterprise's Non-Nuclear Parts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Cancels RFP on Commercial Recycling of USS Enterprise’s Non-Nuclear Parts

    The U.S. Navy has halted a proposal solicitation for the commercial recycling of the retired USS Enterprise‘s non-nuclear components. The military branch said Monday it needs more information to determine an executable and environmentally sound approach for the disposal of USS Enterprise. The Huntington Ingalls Industries-built nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was decommissioned in February after almost 55 years in active service. The service branch’s disposal […] More

  • Chris Miner: Huntington Ingalls to Help Update USS George HW Bush Carrier - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chris Miner: Huntington Ingalls to Help Update USS George HW Bush Carrier

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division has been awarded a $23.8 million contract to help modernize the U.S. Navy‘s USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier. Newport News Shipbuilding will help the military service procure, build and test systems for the modernization of the nuclear-powered vessel, HII said Monday. “We first delivered the ship in […] More