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Thursday, March 06, 2014

Contract Extension Awarded to Continue Preparation Work for Construction of Aircraft Carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79)

John F. Kennedy (CVN 79)Huntington Ingalls Industries announced today that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has received a $1.295 billion extension to a previously awarded construction preparation contract for the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79).

John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) unit The contract extension enables Newport News to complete an additional 343 structural units and purchase the majority of the remaining material for the ship, including items such as valves, controllers, pumps and raw materials.

The shipyard has performed work on John F. Kennedy since Jan. 15, 2009, under a construction preparation contract that allows engineering, planning, material procurement and initial manufacturing to begin before the full construction contract is awarded.

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