Navy awards $17.8 billion contract to build attack subs

APRIL 28, 2014—The U.S. Navy awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, CT, a contract valued at $17.6 billion for the construction of 10 additional Virginia-class attack submarines. Under the contract, Electric Boat

BAE Systems awarded Hawaii MSMO

APRIL 28, 2014 — BAE Systems has received a multi-ship, multi-option (MSMO) contract from the U.S. Navy to repair, maintain, and modernize nine destroyers and cruisers, either homeported in or visiting Pearl

NNS Apprentice School offers bachelor’s degree program

APRIL 25, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that apprentices at Newport News Shipbuilding will now have the opportunity to earn a bachelor of science degree while completing a marine engineer

Davie to refit Canadian icebreaker

APRIL 24, 2014 — In an announcement made at Chantier Davie Canada, Lévis, Québec, earlier this month, Bernard Trottier, Parliamentary Secretary to Canada’s Minister of Public Works and Government Services said that

BIW gets two more Navy contracts

APRIL 23, 2014 —  General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME, has been awarded Navy contracts for fleet maintenance support and for LCS class design services. BIW was awarded a $28,716,385 delivery

Great Lakes Shipyard wraps up winter work

APRIL 16, 2014 — Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, Ohio, reports that its winter layup season work is wrapping up. Repair work took place on the American Steamship Company’s M/V Sam Laud, Grand

HII joins with Kinder Morgan to look at Avondale options

APRIL 13, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that it will conduct a study with pipeline giant Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE:KMP) to explore redeveloping Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Avondale shipyard

Navy takes delivery of LHA 6

APRIL 10, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division delivered the amphibious assault ship America (LHA 6) to the U.S. Navy today. More than 900 crew members marched through the

Eastern Shipbuilding launches HOS Black Rock

APRIL 9, 2014 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., Panama City, FL, recently launched the HOS Black Rock (Hull 207) in a ceremony at its Allanton shipyard. The HOS Black Rock is the

SSN 785 marks a construction milestone

APRIL 3, 2014 — The Virginia-class fast attack submarine John Warner (SSN 785) has reached the “pressure hull complete” construction milestone at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Newport News Shipbuilding, signifying that all

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