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HII Finalizes CVN-73 Midlife Refueling and Overhaul Contract, Work Starts

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HII Finalizes CVN-73 Midlife Refueling and Overhaul Contract, Work Starts
The USS George Washington (CVN-73) arrives at HII’s Newport News Shipbulding Aug. 4 for its mid-life refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH). Photo: John Whalen/HII.

The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) last Friday awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding a $2.8 billion execution contract for the Refueling Complex Overhaul (RCOH) of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73).HII noted an RCOH availability embodies 35 percent of all the modernization, repairs, and maintenance in a carrier’s 50-year service life. This period will include refueling the reactors, modernization of over 2,300 compartments, 600 tanks, and hundreds of systems, the company said.U.S. nuclear-powered carriers generally go…

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