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Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding
4101 Washington Ave.
Newport News, VA 23607
VA Tel. 757-380-2000
Fax 757-380-4713

Type: Subsidiary
On the web: http://www.sb.northropgrumman.com
 Employees: 18,000

For 40 years Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding (NGSB; formerly Newport News and Ship Systems) is the sole builder of the US Navy's nuclear aircraft carriers (it's also one of only two nuclear submarine builders -- the other is General Dynamics). A sector of Northrop Grumman, the largest naval shipbuilding company in the world (General Dynamics is #2), NGSB builds, maintains, refuels, and repairs nuclear aircraft carriers and submarines. Besides the design and building of aircraft carriers, expeditionary warfare, surface combatants, submarines, commercial oil hull tankers, and Coast Guard surface ships, NGSB also provides aftermarket fleet support. Shipbuilding represents over 18% of its parent's sales.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $1,378.5M

Officers:
President: C. Michael (Mike) Petters
SVP, Operations: Robert L. (Bob) Gunter Jr.
VP and CIO: Alene G. (Leni) Kaufman

Competitors:
BAE SYSTEMS
Electric Boat
General Dynamics

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Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding (NGSB) is the shipbuilding sector of the Northrop Grumman Corporation. The sector or division was created on 28 January 2008 by the merger of Northrop Grumman's two shipbuilding sectors, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems and Northrop Grumman Newport News.[1]

Mike Petters is currently the President of the entire shipbuilding sector (formerly president of the Newport News shipyard).[1]

NGSB is the sole designer, builder and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in the United States. It is one of two nuclear-powered submarine builders. 70% of the current, active US Navy fleet has been built by NGSB's erstwhile units.

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Facilities

NGSB operates facilities in several key locations across the US:

Projects

NGSB's current order backlog amounts to USD 22.4 Billion.

Gerald R. Ford class aircraft carriers

NGSB is to build ten Gerald R. Ford class aircraft carriers for the US Navy. It is scheduled to deliver one carrier every five years starting in 2015.[2]

America class amphibious assault ship

The US Navy awarded NGSB a $2.4 billion fixed-price incentive contract for the detail design and construction of the America class amphibious assault ship. Work will be performed primarily at the company's shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., and ship delivery is scheduled for 2012.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b http://www.sb.northropgrumman.com/about/index.html
  2. ^ http://www.defenselink.mil/speeches/speech.aspx?speechid=1341
  3. ^ http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=38154

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