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Northrop Grumman Newport News (formerly Newport News Shipbuilding) has designed, built, overhauled and repaired a wide variety of ships for the U.S. Navy and commercial customers for more than a century. Today, NGNN is the nation's sole designer, builder and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of only two companies capable of designing and building nuclear-powered submarines. The company also provides after-market services for a wide array of naval and commercial vessels. Located in Newport News, Virginia, NGNN employs more than 21,000 people, many of whom are third and fourth generation shipbuilders.
Northrop Grumman Newport News (formerly Newport News Shipbuilding) has designed, built, overhauled and repaired a wide variety of ships for the U.S. Navy and commercial customers for more than a century. Today, NGNN is the nation's sole designer, builder and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of only two companies capable of designing and building nuclear-powered submarines. The company also provides after-market services for a wide array of naval and commercial vessels. Located in Newport News, Virginia, NGNN employs more than 21,000 people, many of whom are third and fourth generation shipbuilders.
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A move to Mayport would be wrong
Iam deeply concerned with the announcement by the secretary of the Navy on Nov. 17 regarding the Navy's preference to create a second East Coast homeport for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in Mayport, Fla. In this evaluation, national security...Tags: Barack Obama, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Defense, Transportation Accidents, Hampton Roads
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Norfolk vs. Mayport
The loss of an aircraft carrier would be a huge economic hit for Hampton Roads, no doubt about it. But that's not a good enough reason to keep a carrier homeported in Norfolk instead of developing a new, nuclear-capable berth in Mayport, Fla., as the Navy...Tags: Florida, Government, Virginia, Defense, Shipbuilding
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Nuclear and gas
I have been closely following the articles in our paper regarding President-elect Barack Obama and his advisers on energy and the economy. I am not seeing any proposals or discussion on the use of nuclear power and/or natural gas to rid ourselves of our...Tags: Barack Obama, Northrop Grumman Corp., Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Vehicles, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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City Council will get new member
247-4644— One of three City Council seats changed hands in Tuesday's election. Traci-Dale H. Crawford defeated incumbent H.R. "Buddy" Green Jr. in the Eastern precinct, while Western Precinct incumbent W.E. "Gene" Hunt Jr. and Central Precinct incumbent...Tags: Local Elections, Police, Defense, Thomas Nelson Community College, Law Enforcement
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Problems discovered with submarine welds
247-4744Northrop Grumman Newport News and the U.S. Navy are inspecting welds on all Virginia-class submarines after finding problems with welds in the internal piping sections of those vessels, the Navy and the yard confirmed Monday. An investigation by the...Tags: Hawaii, Texas, Virginia, Shipbuilding, Defense
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Hampton Roads through the years
American Indians, British colonists, American revolutionaries, Civil War soldiers and sailors, pioneering educators, aviators and astronauts. They all made history happen right here. 1607 Jamestown is established, marking the beginning of English...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Marine Science, Ferguson Center for the Arts, Colleges and Universities, Virginia
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Navy's ship plan faces rough seas
202-824-8224First of two parts To hear Navy officials tell it, shipbuilders like Northrop Grumman Newport News are finally heading for good times. After dwindling to its smallest size in about a century, the Navy's 279-ship fleet will grow to 313 ships over the...Tags: Gerald Ford, Government, National Government, Budgets and Budgeting, Gene Taylor
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What size fits the fleet?
202-824-8224Second of two parts The Navy's plan to produce a future fleet of 313 ships is getting panned on Capitol Hill. Many say the long-range plan to increase today's fleet of 279 ships and reverse decades of decline is unaffordable and unrealistic. Few think...Tags: Laws, Shipbuilding, Defense, Terrorism, Ronald Reagan
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COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION: Friends and foes line the streets of Richmond
804-225-7345As the day began, Kim Graham of Hampton stood alone near the federal courthouse, holding aloft a sign that condemned Michael Vick - an image of two dogs ripping apart a No. 7 jersey. It was 7:15 a.m., and Vick wasn't due for three hours. But Graham would...Tags: Football, Atlanta Falcons, Virginia Tech, Justice System, Henry Hudson
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ON THE JOBS
Old Dominion University economists predicted economic growth would slow to 2.6 percent in 2007, falling below the average annual growth rate of 3.4 percent over the past 45 years. However, economic growth, measured in expansion of the region's gross...Tags: Symantec Corporation, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Economic Policy, Newport News City, Portsmouth (Portsmouth, Virginia)
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Major nonretail private employers
Northrop Grumman Newport News 19,000 Sentara Healthcare, Norfolk 14,500 Riverside Health System, NN 5,487 Busch Gardens Williamsburg/ Water Country USA, JCC 5,000 Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System, Suffolk 4,000 Bank of America, Norfolk 3,600...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Colonial Williamsburg, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Health Insurance, Portsmouth (Portsmouth, Virginia)
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SHIPYARD SERVES OUR NATION
The yard - Hampton Roads' largest private employer, with about 19,000 workers - is the nation's sole maker of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of two submarine builders. On the banks of the James River on the tip of the Peninsula, the yard...Tags: New Mexico, Virginia, Shipbuilding, Defense, Ronald Reagan
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