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Navy/USMC

Fluor Taking Over Naval Nuclear Laboratory Oct. 1 Under Huge Contracts

Friday, July 13th, 2018

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Fluor Marine Propulsion, of Arlington, Va., on Thursday won major nuclear-warship support contracts, worth up to a combined total of roughly $30 billion over 10 years, from the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Navy.Fluor Marine Propulsion will take over Oct. 1 from incumbent Nuclear Naval Laboratory contractor Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corp., the NNSA wrote in a press release.The new contracts, like their predecessor, cover management and operations of the Department of Energy’s multi-site Naval Nuclear Laboratory, which comprises the…

Budget

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Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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