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Representatives of Northrop Grumman, the U.S. Navy and the City of Newport News break ground on the Production and Maintenance Facility on June 24. Pictured from left are Rolf Bartschi, vice president and chief nuclear engineer, waterfront nuclear engineering and test at Northrop Grumman Newport News; Capt. Michael McMahon, Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, Newport News; Danny Hunley, vice president, trades, education and training at Northrop Grumman Newport News; Newport News Mayor Joe Frank; and Bob Gunter, senior vice president of Operations, Northrop Grumman Newport News
(Photo by John Whalen)
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – June 24, 2005 – Northrop
Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC)
Newport News sector broke ground today on its new
Production and Maintenance Training Facility. This new facility will
be equipped with the latest technology and will serve
as the central location for all radiological, nuclear
and other skills training. Approximately 100 instructional
staff and 350 trainees from across the shipyard will
work in the facility upon its completion.
Representatives from the City of Newport News, the
U. S. Navy and Northrop Grumman Newport News participated
in the ceremony.
“This building
will be a monument, a monument to our community, our
customers and the production and maintenance employees
who make all this possible,” said Danny Hunley, vice
president of trades, education and training for Northrop
Grumman Newport News.
The 60,000 square-foot facility was designed by Clark
Nexsen and is being built by W. M. Jordan. It will
be located in downtown Newport
News at 46th and 47th streets between Washington and
Huntington Avenues. It should be completed by May 2006.
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A digital rendering of what
Northrop Grumman Newport News' Production and
Maintenance Training Facility will look like
upon completion in 2006.
(Image courtesy of Clark Nexsen)
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“This is going to offer us an opportunity and a platform to train like we never
have before,” said Rolf Bartschi, vice president and chief nuclear engineer of
waterfront nuclear engineering and test at Northrop Grumman Newport News. “It’s
going to help us improve the structure and capability of our workforce.”
Northrop Grumman Newport News, headquartered in Newport
News, Va., is the nation’s
sole designer, builder and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and
one of only two companies capable of designing and building nuclear-powered submarines.
Newport News also provides after-market services for a wide array of naval and
commercial vessels. The Newport News sector employs about 19,000 people.
CONTACT:
Jennifer Dellapenta
Northrop Grumman Newport News
757-380-3558
Jennifer.Dellapenta@ngc.com
