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Navy/USMC

Navy Awards Bechtel $1.5 Billion Worth of Reactor Component Contracts

Monday, December 3rd, 2018

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Navy Awards Bechtel $1.5 Billion Worth of Reactor Component Contracts

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The Navy has awarded Bechtel Plant Machinery $1.5 billion worth of contracts for naval nuclear propulsion components, the Pentagon said Friday.The money is spread across a pair of Naval Sea Systems Command contracts: one worth about $890 million, another valued at roughly $615 million, according to the Department of Defense.“No completion date or additional information is provided on Naval Nuclear Propulsion program contracts,” the agency wrote in its contract award notice. Bechtel will perform the work in Monroeville, Pa., and…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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