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Navy/USMC

HII Wins $3 Billion Contract For USS John C. Stennis Refueling And Overhaul

Monday, February 22nd, 2021

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HII Wins $3 Billion Contract For USS John C. Stennis Refueling And Overhaul

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) transiting the Pacific Ocean in 2017. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding [HII] a $3 billion contract on Feb. 19 for the refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) of the USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74). The RCOH is a mid-life event to refuel, overhaul and modernize the Nimitz-class carriers to support the second half of their 50-year service lives. Newport News Shipbuilding is the original contractor for all of the aircraft carrier in the class and thus the contract was not competitively procured. HII…

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