On Friday, Newport News Shipbuilding received a $2.6 billion contract from the Navy to carry out a midlife refueling and overhaul of the carrier Abraham Lincoln. The contract was awarded a day after the ship\'s arrival at Newport News.
There has been a delay of almost six weeks in the overhaul as Congress was not successful in passing an appropriations bill in time to commence with the work.
Once in their 50-year lifespans, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers undergo a refueling and complex overhaul, where in the work includes refueling the reactors, repairing and upgrading the infrastructure, and modernizing the combat and communication systems.
Completion of the overhaul is scheduled in November 2016.
There has been a delay of almost six weeks in the overhaul as Congress was not successful in passing an appropriations bill in time to commence with the work.
Once in their 50-year lifespans, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers undergo a refueling and complex overhaul, where in the work includes refueling the reactors, repairing and upgrading the infrastructure, and modernizing the combat and communication systems.
Completion of the overhaul is scheduled in November 2016.