Search This Blog

Friday, April 24, 2015

Carrier overhauls in Newport News would be secured by House panel proposal

USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77)Last year, the Hampton Roads economy experienced a giant hiccup when the Navy considered retiring the aircraft carrier USS George Washington instead of performing a mid-life overhaul.

A mid-life carrier overhaul is big business for Virginia's largest industrial employer, Newport News Shipbuilding. The job costs in excess of $4 billion and takes more than three years, bringing thousands of sailors into the downtown shipyard.

As work on the 2016 defense budget ramps up, one proposal seeks to avoid a repeat of that scenario.

Read more
om

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Fair Use Notice

This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.

The material is being made available in an effort to advance understanding arms trade activities, for non-profit research and educational purposes only.

I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

This is a completely non-commercial site for private personal use. No fee is charged, and no money is made off of the operation of this site.