Construction Contract Awarded for Beaufort Joint Strike Fighter Training Facility

12:00 AM, June 9, 2011
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Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded a $70,300,000 contract on June 6 to Hensel Phelps Construction Co. of Orlando, Fla. for construction of the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter Training Facility and Training Hangar at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort, S.C. "This contract award not only represents the future of Marine Corps aviation, but also the future of the Marine Corps in Beaufort," said MCAS Beaufort Commanding Officer Col. Brian Murtha. The work to be performed consists of a new training and simulator facility and a new aircraft hangar. The new training facility and simulator will include flight simulator spaces, training classrooms, briefing and debriefing rooms, network equipment rooms, administrative offices and mechanical and electrical rooms.

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