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NOAA awards JAG Ketchikan $99.6M Bigelow upgrade contract
NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has awarded Alaska’s JAG Ketchikan shipyard a $99,637,544 contract to complete expanded upgrades and maintenance work on NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow. The work, expected