Newport News Awarded $107.5 Million CVNX Turbine Generator Contract

By Dan Dupont / November 2, 2000 at 5:00 AM
Newport News Shipbuilding yesterday received a $107.5 million contract for the manufacture of a Main Turbine Generator for the CVNX, the Navy's next-generation nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The contract, which begins with a $21.6 million award for the first six months, was not competitively procured. The money will cover the manufacture, test and delivery of one MTG as well as engineering services to support the development and completion of the CVNX Main Propulsion Unit preliminary design and the production MTG design,...

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