Carrier Truman RCOH includes “innovative” contract structure
USS Harry S Truman, shown here, is starting its Refuelling and Complex Overhaul. (US Navy)
The Refuelling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75) incorporates a different approach to traditional RCOH contracting meant more effectively keep to cost and schedule while more evenly splitting risk for the work, according to the US Navy (USN).
“This contract -- the first CVN RCOH contract awarded since the standup of Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Maritime -- features an innovative fixed ceiling incentive structure, which appropriately shares risk, and which incentivises improved shipbuilder performance to achieve required delivery dates,” the USN said in a statement on 30 September.
The USN awarded HII's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division a USD5.1 billion contract for the Truman RCOH on 29 September, HII confirmed in a statement that day.
The RCOH represents nearly a third of all maintenance and modernisation in an aircraft carrier's service life, HII noted. Truman arrived at NNS on 30 September to begin RCOH in the HII shipyard, the USN confirmed/
Truman' s RCOH will include refuelling the ship's reactors, as well as extensive modernisation work in thousands of compartments and tanks, as well as on most ship systems, HII said, adding that major upgrades are planned to be made in the propulsion plant and combat systems.
The work is expected to be completed by November 2031, the Pentagon confirmed in a statement on 29 September.
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