TIM eMagazine Vol.3 Issue 6
Huntington Ingalls Industries Awarded
Advance Planning Contract for USS
John C. Stennis (CVN 74) RCOH
USS John C. Stennis
(CVN 74) RCOH
H
untington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) was
awarded an advance planning contract
for the refueling and complex overhaul
(RCOH) of the nuclear-powered aircraft
carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division
was awarded an advance planning
contract for the refueling and complex
overhaul (RCOH) of the nuclear-powered
aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). HII photo
The contract, which is initially funded for one year and has
a base value of $187.5 million, includes engineering, design,
material procurement and fabrication, documentation, resource
forecasting, and pre-overhaul inspections. Future modifications
could extend the period of performance to 30 months and
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increase the contract value if additional options are exercised.
Planning is scheduled to begin this month.
“The planning stage is critically important to the overall
success of an engineering and construction project of this
magnitude,” said Chris Miner, vice president, in-service aircraft
carrier programs at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division.
“This contract allows us to prepare for each step in the
overhaul process from preparing for the ship’s arrival at
Newport News to its redelivery back to the Navy.”
Christened in 1993 and delivered to the Navy in 1995, USS
John C. Stennis will be the seventh Nimitz-class carrier to
undergo an RCOH, representing 35 percent of all maintenance
and modernization completed during its 50-year service life.
The RCOH is scheduled to begin in January 2021. www.
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“The planning stage is critically important to the overall success of an engineering and construction
project of this magnitude,” said Chris Miner, vice president, in-service aircraft carrier programs at
HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division. “This contract allows us to prepare for each step in the
overhaul process from preparing for the ship’s arrival at Newport News to its redelivery back to the Navy.”
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