
The Navy on Friday awarded a team led by Vermont’s NorthStar Maritime Dismantlement Services LLC a $537 million contract to dismantle, recycle and dispose of the former nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Ex-Enterpise (CVN-65). The work is expected to occur in Mobile, Ala., and be finished by November 2029. In a Facebook post, Naval Reactors, the office that manages nuclear-powered naval systems noted the “landmark step” awarding this work to a set of commercial companies rather than government entities. “This marks…