Newport News Shipbuilding Awarded USD 7.6 Mln Modification Contract for USS Gerald R. Ford

Newport News Shipbuilding Awarded USD 7.6 Mln Modification Contract for USS Gerald R. Ford

Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va has been awarded a USD 7.6 million modification to previously awarded contract. The contract includes purchasing of previously planned materials in support of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) construction.

The Gerald R. Ford class is the future aircraft carrier replacement class for USS Enterprise and CVN 68, or Nimitz class aircraft carriers. Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) was ordered from Newport News Shipbuilding on Sept. 10, 2008, and is scheduled to be delivered in 2015. The Gerald R. Ford class will be the premier forward asset for crisis response and early decisive striking power in a major combat operation. Gerald R. Ford class aircraft carriers and carrier strike groups will provide the core capabilities of forward presence, deterrence, sea control, power projection, maritime security and humanitarian assistance. The class brings improved warfighting capability, quality of life improvements for the sailors and reduced acquisition and life cycle costs.

The work will be performed in Newport News, Va. and is expected to complete by September 2015.

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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, July 17, 2012; Image: hii