HOT WORK – A HOT TOPIC What is Hot Work? Hot work is any activity or process that involves open flames or that generates sparks or heat and includes by not limited to burning, welding, or similar operation that is capable of initiating fires or explosions. Hot work also includes other activities with the potential […]
CBO Analysis of U.S. Navy FY 2019 Shipbuilding Plan
The following is the Congressional Budget Office report, An Analysis of the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2019 Shipbuilding Plan. From the report The Department of Defense (DoD) submitted the Navy’s 2019 shipbuilding plan, which covers fiscal years 2019 to 2048, to the Congress in February 2018. The average annual cost of carrying out that plan over […]
Navy will release new 3-year ship repair, modernization plan with annual shipbuilding report
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Navy will release a 30-year ship repair and modernization plan alongside its 30-year shipbuilding plan next spring, to help the maintenance industry plan its workforce and infrastructure investments with the same confidence that yards on the new-construction side can, the Navy’s acquisition chief said today. Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, […]
Aircraft carrier Kennedy 75 percent structurally complete
NEWPORT NEWS – The future USS John F. Kennedy is 75 percent structurally complete following the installation of a 750-metric ton forward section of the ship’s main deck, Huntington Ingalls Industries said in a news release Monday. The newest Ford-class carrier has been under construction at Newport News Shipbuilding since August 2015. The first ship […]
Defense contract roundup for March in Hampton Roads
Defense contract awards for Hampton Roads in March included a $95 million multiple-award deal for Navy ship repair services that named 13 companies in the region. Other highlights of the month included additional money for work on the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and a Hampton firm that is working on behalf of the […]
