U.S. Navy awards $49.6 million contract for USS George Washington

Transport and Related Services

The Newport News Shipbuilding division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has been awarded with a $49.6 million contract award to start planning for work on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). Work under the contract includes planning, engineering and shipboard inspections for work related with the defueling of the ship.

We are delighted to be competent to start planning for the defueling of CVN 73 and consider this award as the first step aiming the highly expected full award of the RCOH planning contract, says, Chris Miner, Newport News Shipbuilding's vice president, in-service aircraft carrier partner programs.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/us-navy-awards-496-million-contract-uss-george-washington-230.php