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NorthStar Nabs $527 Million Enterprise Carrier Dismantlement Contract

Monday, June 2nd, 2025

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NorthStar Nabs $527 Million Enterprise Carrier Dismantlement Contract

The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) makes its final voyage to HII Newport News Shipbuilding, Va. in June 2013. (Photo: Huntington Ingalls Industries by John Whalen/Released)

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…

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