HII wins $5.1 billion Truman refuelling overhaul contract

HII said on Sept. 29, 2026 that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has been awarded a $5,099,973,132 contract for the refuelling and complex overhaul of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).

The company said options in the contract, if exercised, would lift the cumulative value to $5,183,380,744. It also said the work will cover refuelling the ship’s reactors and extensive modernization in thousands of compartments and tanks, as well as on most ship systems.

Bryan Caccavale, NNS vice president of program management, said the team has been working to get ahead on the engineering and construction project and that, when the ship arrives at NNS, it will work with suppliers and Navy partners on the recapitalization of CVN 75.

HII said the refuelling and complex overhaul represents nearly a third of all maintenance and modernization in an aircraft carrier’s service life. It also said major upgrades will be made in the propulsion plant and combat systems.

The company said CVN 75 was built at NNS, christened in 1996 and delivered to the Navy in 1998, and that USS Harry S. Truman will be the eighth Nimitz-class carrier to undergo RCOH at NNS.