From Your Defense News:Just four months after receiving a $5.1 billion contract to built the lead ship of the Navy's next generation of aircraft carrier, Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding received on Thursday another lump of money to begin planning the ship following it.
The Navy awarded the company a $373.5 million contract for design, advanced planning and procurement of certain parts for the yet-to-be-named carrier, known as CVN-79.
The 21-month contract provides for research and development efforts with suppliers, and it allows for the purchase of materials that take years to produce, like machinery for the carrier's nuclear propulsion plant.
By the end of the year, about 300 Northrop employees will be assigned to the carrier, which will be built in Newport News.
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My Comment: The last procurement of "President Bush's" Defense Department.
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