The contract is valued at $5,099,973,132, with options that would increase its cumulative value to $5,183,380,744 if exercised. Truman will be the eighth Nimitz-class carrier to undergo a refueling and complex overhaul at the shipyard.
The project combines reactor refueling with modernization of most ship systems and work across thousands of compartments and tanks. It also includes major upgrades to the propulsion plant and combat systems.
“Our team has been diligently working to get ahead on this critical engineering and construction project that will prepare USS Harry S. Truman for the second half of her service life,” said Bryan Caccavale, Newport News Shipbuilding’s vice president of program management. “When the ship arrives at NNS, we’ll apply that same diligence to working with our suppliers and Navy partners to ensure a successful recapitalization of CVN 75.”
A refueling and complex overhaul accounts for nearly one-third of all maintenance and modernization in an aircraft carrier’s service life, according to HII. Truman, designated CVN 75, was christened at Newport News Shipbuilding in 1996.
