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The US Navy (USN) has announced a multi-contract award for 25 companies worth a combined US$1.1 billion with the potential to rise to $1.9 billion if vendors exercise contract options. The contract covers discrete, non-discrete and other production work to support the USN’s public shipyards in carrying out repair, maintenance and modernisation of nuclear-powered attack submarines undergoing scheduled chief of naval operations (CNO) maintenance availabilities. Work will be carried out in varying