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Both Maine House members voted against sending Congress home for recess before budget crisis is solved Representatives Mike Michaud and Chellie Pingree released a letter they wrote to Congressional leaders today, urging them to head off drastic defense spending cuts and pass a funding bill that would avoid the loss of work at Bath Iron Works (BIW) and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard… Read more »

Bath yard will provide services to maintain and upgrade destroyers, guided-missile frigates Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, a Member of the House Armed Services Committee, said today that Bath Iron Works has won a $70 million contract to perform design and planning services for maintenance and upgrade to the Arleigh Burke line of destroyers and Perry class of guided missile frigates. "BIW… Read more »

Contract comes day after last in original run of Arleigh Burke-class leaves Bath Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, said this morning that the Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works a $26 million contract for design work on the new DDG 1000 class of destroyers. Yesterday, the last of the original run of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers—the… Read more »

Pingree leads effort to protect funding for ship, which could be built in Bath Congresswoman Chellie Pingree helped lead an effort to defeat a vote that would have eliminated funding for an Arleigh Burke class destroyer. Construction of the ships provides the bulk of the work at Bath Iron Works and the program is key to long-term employment at the yard. “This was a last-minute… Read more »

Contract provides additional funding for design work on DDG51Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, announced a $66 million contract addition for work being done at Bath Iron Works on the maintenance and modernization of the ArleighBurke class of destroyers.“The Arleigh Burke class continues to be a workhorse for the Navy and maintaining and… Read more »

Contract provides additional funding for design work on next generation destroyer Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, a Member of the House Armed Services Committee, announced a $17 million contract addition for work being done at Bath Iron Works on the design of the new DDG1000 class of destroyers. "This contract addition is important to keep the work going on the DDG-1000 design and… Read more »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree says work will fund logistical support for DDG1000 construction Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, a Member of the House Armed Services Committee, said today that Bath Iron Works has been awarded a $14 million contract extension to provide logistic support for the construction of the DDG1000 class of ships. "This contract helps keep workers on the job and work… Read more »

Contract will keep workers at BIW on the job Congressman Mike Michaud and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree said today that Bath Iron Works has been awarded a $679 million contract to build another DDG-51 ship. "It's very good news to see this contract go through. This will help ensure a steady flow of work at the shipyard," said Pingree. "Once the DDG1000s are finished at Bath Iron Works,… Read more »

Construction of DDG-1000s will help keep workers on the job in Bath Representatives Mike Michaud and Chellie Pingree say Navy Secretary Ray Mabus called them and Senators Snowe and Collins this afternoon to say that the Navy and General Dynamics had reached a final contract agreement to build two more DDG-1000 destroyers at Bath Iron Works (BIW). Michaud and Pingree had pushed the Navy… Read more »

Secretary Ray Mabus tells Congresswoman Chellie Pingree 'no one will be laid off' due to lack of funding Chellie with Sec. Mabus at BIW in 2009. Chellie with Sec. Mabus at BIW in 2009. During a conversation with Congresswoman Chellie Pingree this morning, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus pledged to make sure the Navy provides sufficient funding to avoid impending layoffs at Bath Iron… Read more »