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Newport News Shipbuilding (formerly Northrop Grumman Newport News), a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries, has designed, built, overhauled and repaired a wide variety of ships for the U.S. Navy and commercial customers for more than a century. The Newport News, Virginia, shipyard is Hampton Roads' largest private employer, with more than 21,000 workers, many of whom are third and fourth generation shipbuilders. It is the nation's sole maker of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of two submarine builders. Today, the shipyard is the nation's sole designer, builder and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of only two companies capable of designing and building nu...
Newport News Shipbuilding (formerly Northrop Grumman Newport News), a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries, has designed, built, overhauled and repaired a wide variety of ships for the U.S. Navy and commercial customers for more than a century. The Newport News, Virginia, shipyard is Hampton Roads' largest private employer, with more than 21,000 workers, many of whom are third and fourth generation shipbuilders. It is the nation's sole maker of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of two submarine builders. Today, the shipyard is the nation's sole designer, builder and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of only two companies capable of designing and building nuclear-powered submarines. The company also provides after-market services for a wide array of naval and commercial vessels.
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Newport News shipyard photos reach back 125 years
If you've ever taken a good look at the battleship USS Wisconsin outside Nauticus and the Hampton Roads Naval Museum in Norfolk, it probably didn't take long to recognize that you were in the presence of something special. With its long, raking hull,...
Tags: Mariners' Museum, Manufacturing and Engineering, Arts and Culture, Arts, Heroism
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Sen. Warner to visit Hampto VA medical center Friday
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner will present replacement medals to Korean War Air Force veteran John Millan Friday at the Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center Friday. The event will be part of a two-day trip to the Peninsula and Hampton Roads. On Saturday...Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), International Military Interventions, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), U.S. Navy, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)
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Rigell to travel with president during shipyard visit
It comes as no surprise that President Barack Obama will be joined on his visit to Newport News Shipbuilding by Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, a Democratic stalwart and the shipyard's congressman. The second congressman in the presidential entourage is...Tags: Barack Obama, Manufacturing and Engineering, Shipbuilding, Scott Rigell, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Forbes, Wittman: Absent a deal, give Navy flexibility
One of the best things that could happen to the U.S. military, at least budget-wise, would be passage of a full-year appropriations bill. Right now, the nation's military is operating under a continuing budget resolution that funds operations at...Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, U.S. Military
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U.S. Sen. Kaine to visit NN Shipbuilding to discuss sequestration
Virginia's newest U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine is embarking on a three-day tour of the state next week to talk with the defense industry and military about the impending federal sequestration cuts. Kaine's first stop will be at Newport News Shipbuilding Tuesday,...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Defense, U.S. Congress, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Shipbuilding
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Rep. Randy Forbes visiting shipyards in Hampton Roads
Eyeing budget problems galore, Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Chesapeake, is visiting six shipyards in Hampton Roads today and Friday to gauge how deep cuts in defense spending will hurt business. He'll stop at Newport News Shipbuilding and five shipyards in...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Aircraft Carriers, John F. Kennedy, BAE Systems Plc., Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)
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USO of Hampton Roads and Central Virginia's 2013 Gala
The USO of Hampton Roads and Central Virginia will host the annual Gala and Silent Auction on Saturday, Feb. 9, at the Hampton Roads Convention Center. This year's theme will be "A Tribue to Wounded Warriors and Their Families." The evening will include...Tags: Hampton Roads
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Shipyard, Huntington Ingalls executive shake-ups
Newport News Shipbuilding and its parent company, Huntington Ingalls Industries, have announced several executive moves in the last two months. * Tuesday (Jan. 8), HII announces Chris Miner has been promoted to vice president of Newport News...Tags: Huntington Ingalls Industries, Manufacturing and Engineering, Aircraft Carriers, Hampton Roads, Accounting and Auditing
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Congress' defense budget and more funding for Enterprise planning
House and Senate military budget writers have agreed on a $633 billion defense authorization bill that in some cases goes beyond Pentagon suggested spending levels for programs. Perhaps most significantly to Hampton Roads (and southeastern Connecticut),...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Groton, Defense, U.S. Congress, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Navy machinist resuscitates shipyard employee who suffers heart attacks
Earlier this week Jennifer McDermott at the New London (Conn.) Day wrote about a sailor who resuscitated a Newport News Shipbuilding employee, who suffered multiple heart attacks while doing maintenance work on the attack submarine USS Annapolis, which...Tags: Yale-New Haven Hospital, Manufacturing and Engineering, Heart Attack, Annapolis, Hospitals and Clinics
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Newport News sax man Elliott Torn died this week, friends say
Elliott Torn, a Newport News sax player who was a familiar presence on the local open-mike scene, died this week, friends and fellow musicians said. Hampton singer Vaughn Deel said that Torn apparently died at home of a heart attack. "He was a good...
Tags: Music Industry, Heart Attack, Music, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Entertainment
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Forbes also interested in Seapower chairmanship
Yesterday I wrote that U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Westmoreland County, was interested in the chairing the Seapower and Projection Forces subcomittee of the House Armed Services, a panel with oversight of military shipbuilding and the nation's naval...Tags: Todd Akin, Manufacturing and Engineering, Hampton Roads, Buck McKeon, Shipbuilding
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