The first of the BIW-built ships is now expected to reach full combat capability early next year as its computer systems continue to be installed and tested by Raytheon and BAE Systems.
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Lockheed Martin drops out of design contest for Navy frigate, upping BIW’s chances
BIW is 1 of 4 shipyards still in the running to build the next generation Navy frigate.
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As attitudes, laws around working mothers evolve, BIW installs lactation facilities
To be in compliance with Maine state law, an employer must provide a space, other than a bathroom, for nursing mothers to express breast milk for up to 3 years after childbirth.
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Bath weighs options to ease traffic crunch during BIW shift change
A report suggests making a portion of Washington Street that runs past the shipyard one-way only for part of the afternoon.
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Facing a raft of retirements, BIW seeks 1,000 new hires
The Bath shipyard has contracts to build 11 new DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers for the Navy over the next eight years.
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Employers flock to 80-year-old apprenticeship program amid workforce crunch
Rapidly growing participation in the state-administered program is raising concerns that it will become overwhelmed.
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Bath deputy chief retires after 27 years with department
Robert Savary is leaving to take a job with the Navy’s Supervisor of Shipbuilding in Bath as a management analyst investigating alleged misconduct, mismanagement and fraud.
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BIW union official cleared of misconduct claims
All claims against Local S6 Chief Steward Raymond Gauthier have been dropped by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
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Commander of newest Bath-built ship is part of a rare class
Fewer than 1 percent of the Navy’s commanding officers are women. Cmdr. DonAnn Gilmore, who will take command of BIW’s USS Daniel Inouye, is one of them.
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Police arrest 22 protesters outside BIW before christening of warship
The demonstrators included members of Maine Veterans for Peace and Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space.