Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Huntington Ingalls has received a $2.8 billion contract for the USS George Washington Refueling Complex Overhaul in Newport News, Va.
The work, announced last week by the Department of Defense, will be performed in Newport New, Va. and is projected to be completed by August 2021. The Navy has already directed $1.5 billion in fiscal 2017 shipbuilding and conversion funds, and $56 million in fiscal 2016 funds, toward the project.