If approved, the Pentagon’s proposed 40 percent reduction in destroyers built between 2021 and 2025 would shrink the Naval fleet to 287 from its current 293 ships.
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Navy proposes cutting future production of BIW-built destroyers by 40%
The Department of Defense recommends reducing the number of new Arleigh Burke-class ships planned for 2021-25 from 12 ships to seven.
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Defense spending bill could mean business for BIW in 2020
The spending package includes $5.1 billion to build three Arleigh Burke-class destroyers for the Navy, which BIW can compete for.
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BIW gets $146 million contract extension
The shipyard will provide maintenance and modernization support for the Navy’s destroyer forces.
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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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Bath-built destroyer featured in television series
Scenes from newly-released season two of “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” were filmed on the USS Rafael Peralta.
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BIW union continues fight against shipyard’s plan to hire subcontractors
Bath Iron Works plans to hire subcontractors to boost production, but the shipyard’s largest union believes BIW’s scheduling delays stem from poor management decisions.
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Bath-built ship will be named for late Indiana senator
The future USS Richard G. Lugar will be one of the 11 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers under contract for delivery in the coming decade.
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Bath climate report finds 27% reduced emissions, sets higher goals
From 2017 to 2018, the city’s industrial sector had the highest greenhouse gas emissions, 99 percent of which Bath Iron Works is responsible for.
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Bath shipyard adds $500 weekly stipend to free Southern Maine Community College manufacturing courses as workers retire
Bath Iron Works will give students enrolled in free welding and manufacturing technician courses at SMCC a weekly $500 stipend in an effort to draw potential employees.