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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Northrop Grumman awaits fate of military ship contracts

The Northrop Grumman Corp. shipbuilding sector has undergone major renovations, but company executives say they will have little effect on the 268-acre Avondale shipyard.

On Jan. 28, Northrop consolidated its two former shipbuilding sectors — Newport News, Va., and Ship Systems, which includes Avondale and Pascagoula, Miss., — into one division — Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding.

As the nation’s sole industrial designer, builder and fuel supplier of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of two companies that designs and builds nuclear-powered submarines, Northrop’s shipbuilding presence in Louisiana is significant.

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