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Impact & Investments

What BIW  
Means for Maine

Our Vision

An exceptional maritime company that safely provides shipbuilding, component manufacturing and specialized services with a world-class team and facilities.

To achieve this, we are actively working to:

  • Expand understanding about the important role BIW plays in providing ships for our national defense and the impact of that work on Maine’s economy.
  • Raise the profile of the varied career opportunities that shipbuilding has to offer in the trades and STEM fields.
  • Develop career discovery programming for Maine high school students and expanded skilled trades training, including additional outreach to populations historically underrepresented in shipbuilding.
  • Leverage BIW’s hiring needs to attract new residents and new talent by promoting living in Midcoast Maine, including proximity to Portland and Boston, and by targeting the military and veteran community and engineering degree programs in regional institutions.
  • Identify opportunities for expansion by promoting workforce development, asset maintenance and infrastructure development.
  • Collaborate with Maine businesses, including others in the defense industry, on support for workforce housing, childcare and transportation through direct investment, tax credits and other incentives.
  • Support and develop existing and future in-state vendors by offering technical assistance and training.

Strategic Investments

We are continuously modernizing the Bath shipyard layout and facilities.

Our strategic investments are designed to modernize the Bath shipyard layout and facilities so that we can continue delivering the most technologically advanced ships for years to come.

Washington Street Area Improvements Project

Community Conversations

BIW has hosted a series of conversations with the community to discuss the project and gather feedback. Several meetings have taken place and input from them is being incorporated into the designs. 

Learn more about BIW’s community engagement process.

Upcoming Events

June 25 – City of Bath Transportation Master Plan Public Meeting

Bath | MaineDOT Informational Meeting – The public is invited to learn about transportation strategies that can improve safety, mobility and multimodal access in Bath. (This meeting is separate from the BIW-hosted meetings that specifically relate to BIW’s investments in the Washington Street corridor; the MaineDOT-sponsored meeting addresses local and regional traffic concerns that include BIW commuter impacts as well as other traffic issues.)

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The latest from BIW

Check out the latest from the BIW team.

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Celebrates Start of Fabrication for Thomas G. Kelley (DDG 140)

BATH, Maine – General Dynamics Bath Iron Works celebrated the start of fabrication of the future USS Thomas G. Kelley (DDG 140) today, May 21 at the shipyard’s Structural Fabrication…

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Celebrates Start of Fabrication for J. William Middendorf (DDG 138)

BATH, Maine – General Dynamics Bath Iron Works celebrated the start of fabrication of the future USS J. William Middendorf (DDG 138) today, May 19 at the shipyard’s Structural Fabrication…

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Breaks Ground on Workforce Housing

BATH, Maine –General Dynamics Bath Iron Works formally broke ground today on a workforce housing development at 150 Congress Avenue in Bath, Maine. With funding support from the United States…

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Christens Future USS Louis H. Wilson Jr.

BATH, Maine – On Saturday, September 27, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works christened the U.S. Navy’s newest guided missile destroyer, the future USS Louis H. Wilson (DDG 126). The ship,…

BIW Employees Ride Metro BREEZ for Free until Sept. 30

Bath Iron Works teamed up with MaineDOT, Greater Portland Metro and the City of Bath to formally launch commuter bus transportation between Portland and Bath. In celebration, Metro Executive Director Glenn Fenton announced…

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Awarded Contract for Additional DDG 51 Destroyer 

BATH, Maine – General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD), announced today that the U.S. Navy has exercised an option to add an additional DDG 51…