Curtiss-Wright Corporation recently announced that it has been awarded a contract valued in excess of USD $49 million to provide valves for the US Navy’s Virginia-class submarines and Ford-class aircraft carriers.
The award was received from Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc. to support ship construction and spare parts procurement. The contract includes FY17 orders for two ship sets of submarine propulsion plant valves and a FY17 order for aircraft carrier propulsion plant valves.
Curtiss-Wright is performing the work at its facility in East Farmingdale, New York, a business unit of Curtiss-Wright’s industrial division within the Commercial/Industrial segment. Engineering and manufacturing has commenced and will continue through 2021.