J.d. Simkins
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Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman to undergo $5.1B mid-life overhaul (opens the original)
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The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is slated to undergo a massive overhaul designed to prepare the hulking vessel for the second half of its service life. The Pentagon on Tuesday announced a $5.1 billion fixed-ceiling incentive contract with HII to complete the carrierâs mid-life overhaul at Virginiaâs Newport News Shipbuilding. The refueling and complex overhaul, or RCOH, comprises approximately one-third of the maintenance and modernization a carrier will undergo during its service l
Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman to undergo $5.1B mid-life overhaul (opens the original)
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The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is slated to undergo a massive overhaul designed to prepare the hulking vessel for the second half of its service life. The Pentagon on Tuesday announced a $5.1 billion fixed-ceiling incentive contract with HII to complete the carrierâs mid-life overhaul at Virginiaâs Newport News Shipbuilding. The refueling and complex overhaul, or RCOH, comprises approximately one-third of the maintenance and modernization a carrier will undergo during its service l
Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman to undergo $5.1B mid-life overhaul (opens the original)
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The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is slated to undergo a massive overhaul designed to prepare the hulking vessel for the second half of its service life. The Pentagon on Tuesday announced a $5.1 billion fixed-ceiling incentive contract with HII to complete the carrierâs mid-life overhaul at Virginiaâs Newport News Shipbuilding. The refueling and complex overhaul, or RCOH, comprises approximately one-third of the maintenance and modernization a carrier will undergo during its service l
TSA stops Alabama traveler for Civil War-era cannonballs in luggage (opens the original)
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A bag belonging to a traveler tripped TSA alarms on July 18 after officers discovered Civil War-era cannonballs in the individualâs luggage, the first cannon-related mishap since JPMorganâs polarizing legal proceedings. The inert cannonballs, which were â naturally â wrapped in paper towels, were discovered during the baggage screening process at Alabamaâs Gulf Shores International Airport and later determined by police to have been stolen from the nearby coastal stronghold Fort Morgan
TSA stops Alabama traveler for Civil War-era cannonballs in luggage (opens the original)
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A bag belonging to a traveler tripped TSA alarms on July 18 after officers discovered Civil War-era cannonballs in the individualâs luggage, the first cannon-related mishap since JPMorganâs polarizing legal proceedings. The inert cannonballs, which were â naturally â wrapped in paper towels, were discovered during the baggage screening process at Alabamaâs Gulf Shores International Airport and later determined by police to have been stolen from the nearby coastal stronghold Fort Morgan
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