PHOTO RELEASE--Huntington Ingalls Industries Awarded Planning Contract for USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69)
September 30 2016 - 4:00PM
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that its
Newport News Shipbuilding division has received a $12 million
contract from the U.S. Navy for planning work on the aircraft
carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) as part of its planned
incremental availability.
The contract is for work to be completed by Sept.
17, 2017, at Newport News and will include planning, material
procurement and fabrication in support of executing the required
work.
“Maintaining the in-service aircraft carrier fleet
involves complex work that requires significant planning and
preparation,” said Chris Miner, Newport News’ vice president,
in-service aircraft carrier programs. “This planning period enables
us to work closely with our Navy customer to develop a framework to
ensure successful project execution.”
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) is the second
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier and the first ship named after the
34th president of the United States. The ship was launched in
October 1975 by Newport News and is homeported at Naval Station
Norfolk.
A photo accompanying this release is available at:
http://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/file?fid=57eea9e62cfac2291953a8b1.
Huntington Ingalls Industries is America’s largest
military shipbuilding company and a provider of engineering,
manufacturing and management services to the nuclear energy, oil
and gas markets. For more than a century, HII’s Newport News and
Ingalls shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and Mississippi have
built more ships in more ship classes than any other U.S. naval
shipbuilder. Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, HII employs
nearly 35,000 people operating both domestically and
internationally. For more information, visit:
- HII on the web: www.huntingtoningalls.com
- HII on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/HuntingtonIngallsIndustries
- HII on Twitter: twitter.com/hiindustries
Contact:
Christie Miller
Christine.Miller@hii-co.com
(757) 380-5381
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