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Shipyard gets $206.7M to overhaul Lincoln
NEWPORT NEWS — Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Newport News shipyard received a $206.7 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to plan for the upcoming mid-life nuclear refueling and complex overhaul of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier....Tags: Shipbuilding, Science and Technology, U.S. Navy, Aircraft Carriers, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Northrop Grumman's shipbuilding spinoff plan OK'd
Northrop Grumman Corp. announced its shipbuilding spinoff plan was approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
That's the final regulatory hurdle needed to make the plan a reality. The new company, Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc., will...Tags: Shipbuilding, Science and Technology, Companies and Corporations, U.S. Coast Guard, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Criminal charges filed against ex-inspector at Newport News shipyard
NEWPORT NEWS — The U.S. government has filed criminal charges against a former Newport News shipyard inspector, accusing him of lying about weld certifications on Navy ships that he did not inspect.
Robert R. Ruks Jr., of Portsmouth, was accused of...Tags: Criminals, Bristol (Bristol, Virginia), Companies and Corporations, Metal, Fraud
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Made (once again) in America
When NovaSom Inc. was looking to produce its sleep apnea diagnostic kits, the Glen Burnie-based company didn't look to factories in Asia or Mexico. Instead, it found a manufacturer right off the Beltway in Woodlawn.
NovaSom chose Zentech Manufacturing...Tags: Machine Manufacturing, Science and Technology, General Electric Company, Industrial Production, Companies and Corporations
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Shipyard cuts first steel for next carrier; funding remains in flux
NEWPORT NEWS — Three Hampton Roads congressmen, Navy officials and Newport News shipyard executives donned ceremonial safety glasses and hardhats Friday, but stood idly by while Wayne Kania, a shipyard machine hand specialist, punched a few orders...Tags: Shipbuilding, Metal and Mineral, Aircraft Carriers, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Hampton Roads
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Port of Virginia, Newport News shipyard fare well in president's budget
The Port of Virginia and Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Newport News shipyard got a boost from the White House on Monday in its federal budget proposal for fiscal 2012. The Obama administration proposed spending $27.4 million in funding for the Craney Island...Tags: Local Government, Shipbuilding, White House, Groton, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
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USS Albany headed to Newport News shipyard for $25M repair project
NEWPORT NEWS — After spending more than two decades away from home, the USS Albany submarine will return to its birthplace next month when it is scheduled to arrive to the Newport News shipyard for a four-month maintenance project.
The U.S. Navy...Tags: Defense, Shipbuilding, U.S. Navy, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces
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Boeing Has Competitor For Tanker Contract Again
Web ReporterA European defense contractor said Tuesday that it will make its own bid for the U.S. Air Force's long-delayed $35 billion contract to build a fleet of new refueling jets after its U.S. partner dropped out. The European Aeronautic Defence and Space...Tags: U.S. Air Force, General Electric Company, Fox Broadcasting Company, Companies and Corporations, Contracts
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Shipyard takes on 133 workers from shuttered Isle of Wight paper mill
Daily PressJoseph Eliott Jr., above, lost his job at International Paper but has since been hired at the shipyard. Daily Press file photo (color) More than 1,000 people lost their jobs when International Paper closed its mill near Franklin. On April 30, George F....Tags: Employment, Shipbuilding, Science and Technology, Employers, Paper and Product Packaging Industry
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After paper mill layoffs, new jobs bring challenges, opportunities
ISLE OF WIGHT - Teresa McCaskey knows she's among the lucky ones. When she left International Paper for the last time on April 30, she collected one week of unemployment insurance before starting her new job at Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Newport News...Tags: Shipbuilding, Family, Unemployment Benefits, Paper and Product Packaging Industry, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Huntington Ingalls awarded its first contract
NEWPORT NEWS — Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. landed its first contract as a stand-alone company Friday, just a day after it officially spun out from defense giant Northrop Grumman Corp.
Huntington, Northrop's former shipbuilding arm, was...Tags: NYSE Euronext, Inc., Science and Technology, Shipbuilding, U.S. Navy, Aerospace Manufacturing
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Northrop Grumman shipyard lays off 378 workers at Newport News Shipbuilding
NEWPORT NEWS — Ending months of uncertainty and a final week of white-knuckled hand-wringing, Northrop Grumman Corp. on Friday laid off 378 white-collar workers at its Newport News shipyard.
Facing increasing pressure from the Navy and the Pentagon...Tags: Science and Technology, Shipbuilding, Margaret Mitchell, Aircraft Carriers, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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