DDG 120 completes acceptance trials
The future USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120) successfully completed acceptance trials on December 9, returning to General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) shipyard flying three brooms signaling clean sweeps of important
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Navy awards BIW and Ingalls DDG(X) design and engineering contracts
The Navy is awarding both General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW), and Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding contracts for shipbuilder engineering and design analysis in order to produce design products in support
Dirk Lesko named president of Irving Shipbuilding
Dirk Lesko, whose retirement as president of GD’s Bath Iron Works (BIW) shipyard in Bath, Maine, in April caught many by surprise, is to assume the role of president of Canada’s Irving
DDG 1002 conducts builder’s trials
The U.S. Navy’s Program Executive Office Ships (PEO Ships) reports that the future USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002) recently conducted builder’s trials. The ship is the third and final vessel in
Navy takes delivery of DDG 118
The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the guided missile destroyer future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) from shipbuilder General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, March 8. Delivery of DDG 118 represents
Bath Iron Works union members back at work
Members of IAM Local S6 are back at work at shipbuilder GD Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, after voting 87% to ratify a three-year collective bargaining agreement. Union members started back at
BIW and union negotiators reach agreement on terms to end strike
General Dynamics announced today that the negotiating teams from Bath Iron Works and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Local S6 reached agreement Friday night on mutually acceptable terms
Navy awards contract mods worth $194 million to address DDG-51 supply chain fragility
Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me., and Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss., have been awarded contract modifications together worth a total $194 million to fund capital expenditure projects for shipbuilder and
Bath Iron Works’ largest union is now on strike
As widely expected, members of shipbuilder Bath Iron Works’ largest union, IAM Local S6, are now on strike. Members of the local voted to strike after a “last, best and final” offer
BIW set for strike?
The only members of shipbuilder Bath Iron Works’ largest union anywhere near the Bath, Me,, shipyard on Monday could well be those standing outside it on picket duty. More than 4,300 IAM