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Bechtel Wins $393M Navy Contract for Nuclear Propulsion Components


BechtelLogoBechtel™s plant machinery division has secured a potential $393 million contract to continue to supply nuclear propulsion components to the U.S. Navy.

The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract as part of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, the Defense Department said Wednesday.

The Energy Department™s National Nuclear Security Administration oversees the initiative that aims to design, fabricate and test nuclear propulsion parts for installation in the service branch™s submarines, aircraft carriers and other nuclear-powered vessels.

Bechtel will perform contract work in New York and Pennsylvania.

NAVSEA will use the service branch™s shipbuilding and conversion funds for fiscal 2016 to fund the contract, according to DoD.

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