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Chris Miner: Huntington Ingalls to Defuel USS Washington Carrier


DRAFT Huntington IngallsHuntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has been awarded a 12-month, $49.6 million contract to help the U.S. Navy defuel the aircraft carrier USS George Washington.

HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding arm will provide planning and engineering services as well as perform shipboard inspections for the CVN 73 defueling program, HII said Friday.

“We hope this award is a first step toward the highly anticipated full award of the refueling and complex overhaul planning contract, ” said Chris Miner, a vice president of in-service aircraft carrier programs.

The aircraft carrier is the sixth Nimitz-class warship built by HII and the fourth military vessel named by the Navy after the U.S.’ first president.

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