U.S. Navy
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2020
Maine Voices: ‘Good old boys club’ management has cost BIW its workers’ trust
If shipyard managers want productivity to rise and labor-hour costs to fall, they should look to the Golden Rule.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2020
Bath Iron Works is holding up its end of the deal
A former state senator argues that the company is more than meeting the hiring goals imposed when it received a tax break.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2020
Union official: BIW doesn’t need subcontractors to stay competitive
After getting pay concessions and tax breaks, the company should be ready to fulfill its obligation to the U.S. defense manufacturing sector.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2019
BIW awarded $146 million Navy contract
The shipyard, which employs 6,700, will use the funds to continue maintenance and modernization to its Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2019
Report faults Portsmouth, 3 other public shipyards for aging equipment, late projects
At Portsmouth, 71% of projects are completed late, and equipment on average is 3 1/2 years beyond the expected service life, the GAO report says.
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PublishedNovember 25, 2019
Pentagon chief says Trump ordered him to allow SEAL to keep status
Defense Secretary Mark Esper also accuses the Navy secretary, who was fired Sunday, of secretly proposing a deal to the White House about the disciplinary outcome in the case.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2019
Harpswell wants Navy to protect clam flats from pollutants from former naval station
Heavy metals including lead and arsenic were found in ponds at the former base that drain into Harpswell Cove, which could potentially reach nearby clam flats.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2019
Lewiston native promoted to commander in Naval Reserve
Claude Berube graduated from Saint Dominic Academy in 1984 and is director of the History Department at the U.S. Naval Academy.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2019
BIW could get another shot at multibillion-dollar Coast Guard contract
The Coast Guard plans to reopen bidding for a contract to build 21 cutters because a hurricane last year damaged the winning shipyard in Florida.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2019
Navy shipbuilders ignored nuclear submarine testing procedures for years, lawsuit says
A whistleblower makes the allegation, but Huntington Ingalls says there was an earlier federal investigation and the Justice Department decided not to prosecute.
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