With the frigate contract lost to Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri, Arleigh Burkes-class destroyers are the only type of ship Bath Iron Works will build for the next decade, save one final Zumwalt class destroyer under construction in Bath.
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BIW helps Guilford-based company boost nasal swab production for COVID-19 testing
Bath Iron Works is manufacturing 30 machines designed to boost Puritan Medical Group’s production of testing swabs from 20 million to 40 million per month.
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Winthrop High School names top 10 seniors for class of 2020
Gabrielle Jones Blanco named valedictorian, Ian Dow salutatorian.
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BIW fails to get $5.5 billion contract to build Navy frigates
Bath Iron Works was one of four shipyards vying for the contract, alongside Austal USA of Alabama and Huntington Ingalls of Mississippi, but Fincantieri was chosen, which will build its frigate at its Marinette Marine shipyard in Wisconsin.
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BIW calls employees back to work as state begins to reopen
Many Bath Iron Works employees took extended unpaid leave after the coronavirus outbreak started, but now the shipyard says its time to return.
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First Bath-built Zumwalt officially finished, handed over to Navy
The Navy assumed ownership in 2016, but the Zumwalt wasn’t yet combat ready.
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MaineCF’s Southern Midcoast Committee awards $96,000 in grants
Healthy Lincoln County in Damariscotta local grant recipient.
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BIW 3D prints face shields for health care workers facing virus
BIW’s 3D printers have been programmed to work around the clock to produce 12 face shields per day for MaineHealth, the state’s largest integrated health care system.
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Main Street Bath cancels annual Bath Heritage Days festival
Main Street Bath, the local chapter of a national network that seeks to revitalize downtowns and promote economic development, announced the cancelation on Friday on its Facebook page.
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Union, Bath Iron Works agree to extend contract
The contract will be extended for a month while the nation is in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.