Northrop secures more work on carrier Ford

By Robert McCabe
The Virginian-Pilot
© November 11, 2010

NEWPORT NEWS

The Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding-Newport News a $189.2 million contract modification to continue the engineering and design effort for the nation’s newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Gerald R. Ford.

The modification funds additional design, planning and system integration.

“This planned contract modification is essential to continuing the ship design to support construction,” said Mike Shawcross, vice president, Gerald R. Ford-class engineering and CVN 79 construction.

Named after the 38th president , the carrier is the first ship of the new Gerald R. Ford class. Its keel was laid Nov. 14, 2009 .

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