WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release:
The completed complex is a $134 million investment under the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP). It supports the shipyard's safe refueling and defueling of nuclear-powered submarines, including submarine inactivations, while expanding capacity and improving the configuration of maintenance spaces.
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic awarded Cianbro Corp. the design-bid-build contract for construction of the complex in October 2023.
"Today, we recognize our continued progress in meeting our mission to repair, modernize and inactivate our Navy's warships and training platforms," said Rear Adm. Kavon Hakimzadeh, commander, ...