HII is Awarded Contract to Execute USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Refueling and Complex Overhaul
The overhaul will refuel the carrier’s reactors and add major propulsion and combat system upgrades, with options lifting the contract to $5.18 billion.
- On Tuesday, September 29, 2026, the U.S. Navy awarded Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of HII, a $5,099,973,132 contract for the refueling and complex overhaul of the USS Harry S. Truman.
- Refueling and complex overhaul serves as a major maintenance period occurring once at the midpoint of each Nimitz-class carrier's 50-year service life, ensuring operational readiness for the remainder of the vessel's service.
- Bryan Caccavale, NNS vice president of program management, stated the project includes "extensive modernization work in thousands of compartments and tanks," along with refueling the nuclear reactor and upgrading propulsion and combat systems.
- Work is expected to conclude by November 2031, with contract options that could bring cumulative value to $5,183,380,744, according to the Pentagon and HII.
- As the eighth Nimitz-class vessel delivered to the Navy, the Truman overhaul leverages HII's more than 140-year history of advancing national security and integrating defense capabilities.
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The US Navy has awarded a contract worth more than $5 billion to Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding Division to refuel and overhaul the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Army Recognition reported.
HII awarded $5 billion for CVN-75 refueling and complex overhaul
The Navy has awarded shipbuilder HII more than $5 billion to perform the mid-life refueling and complex overhaul of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), the Pentagon announced today. Work under the RCOH award will take place at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia and is expected to conclude by November 2031. The process will include refueling the carrier’s nuclear reactor, upgrading the vessel’s propulsion plant and co…
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HII is Awarded Contract to Execute USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Refueling and Complex Overhaul
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Sept. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has been awarded a $5,099,973,132 contract for the refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) of nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S.…
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