Rep. Jared Golden said Bath Iron Works likely will build about half of the 15 warships secured in a new multi-year shipbuilding contract.
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Maine Rep. Golden secures amendment for new multiyear Navy contract for Bath Iron Works
Subcommittee approves reinstatement of planned destroyer that could be built at BIW.
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Sen. King: Draft defense bill restores destroyer that could be built at BIW
Congress authorizing two Arleigh Burkes, the primary type of ship BIW makes, opposes the president’s military budget request, which calls for one.
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Sen. King expects Bath-built warship cut from defense budget will be added back
King said the decision to remove the ship from the budget was “both a strategic and financial mistake.”
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Navy ditches futuristic railgun, eyes hypersonic missiles
It spent more than a decade developing the electromagnetic railgun and once considered putting them on the stealthy new Zumwalt-class destroyers built at Bath Iron Works.
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House defense budget reverses plan to cut Bath-built ships
The bill includes funding for two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, going against the president’s shipbuilding cut from earlier this year.
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Bath could see tax increase from settlement deal with BIW
The city agreed to reduce the shipyard’s valuation from $640 million to $509 million, lowering the city’s overall valuation, causing the tax rate to increase.
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Maine Sens. Collins, King to defense department: Reverse proposal to cut Navy destroyer
Senators cite looming China threat, job losses as reasons to add another destroyer back in the Pentagon’s spending plan
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Bath shipyard union officer dies from COVID-19 complications
Rick Poulin, of Augusta, was a Bath Iron Works employee for 31 years.
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Rep. Jared Golden: Warship cut from Biden’s budget could mean shipyard layoffs
Golden said if Congress isn’t able to restore the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer cut from the president’s budget, the reduction may lead to about 500 layoffs to one of the nation’s shipyards.