Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Babcock & Wilcox Company is a United States-based company that provides a multitude of services to nuclear, renewable, fossil power, industrial, and government customers on a global scale. Services include design, engineering, manufacturing, construction, and facilities management.In 1961, B&W was responsible for designing and supplying reactors for the NS Savannah, the first U.S.-built nuclear-powered surface ship, as well as creating the world’s first utility boiler in 1881. In February 2015, one of Babcock & Wilcox’s business units, the Nuclear Operations Group, was awarded a USD$535.1 million contract to support the United States Navy’s nuclear reactor programs.