Posted on 01/03/2023 2:31:27 PM PST by MeganC
GROTON, Conn. - General Dynamics Electric Boat announced today the U.S. Navy has awarded a $5.1-billion modification of the previously awarded Columbia Integrated Product and Process Development Contract for the Columbia class of submarines, the nation’s next-generation sea-based strategic deterrent.
Electric Boat is the prime contractor on the Columbia program, which will replace the aging Ohio class ballistic missile submarines. The District of Columbia (SSBN 826) and Wisconsin (SSBN 827) are presently under construction.
The contract modification has a value of $5,134,324,189. Work will be performed in Groton, Connecticut; Quonset Point, Rhode Island; and Newport News, Virginia; and is expected to be completed by October 2030. The award funds advance procurement and advance construction of critical components and material to support Build II (the next five ships in the class), efforts to support continuous missile tube production, enhancements to develop the Submarine Industrial Base, and sustained class maintenance and support.
“This award enhances Electric Boat’s efforts to maintain the Columbia-class production and delivery schedule. Advance procurement of long lead time materials and component construction is critical to the program, and the strategic investments in the development and expansion of the Submarine Industrial Base will help stabilize and grow the supply chain, which increases manufacturing capacity, reduces risk, and ultimately drives timely delivery of submarines to the Navy,” said Kevin Graney, president of General Dynamics Electric Boat.
At 560 feet long with a displacement of nearly 21,000 tons, the submarines of the Columbia class will be the largest ever built by the United States. Ships of the Columbia class will have a fuel core that will power the submarine for its entire service life, eliminating the need for a mid-service refueling. Electric Boat will deliver the lead ship to the Navy in 2027.
General Dynamics Electric Boat designs, builds, repairs and modernizes nuclear submarines for the U.S. Navy. Headquartered in Groton, Connecticut, the company employs more than 19,000 people. More information about General Dynamics Electric Boat is available at www.gdeb.com.
General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) is a global aerospace and defense company that offers a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation; ship construction and repair; land combat vehicles, weapons systems and munitions; and technology products and services. General Dynamics employs more than 100,000 people worldwide and generated $38.5 billion in revenue in 2021. More information about General Dynamics is available at www.gd.com.
Just go back to democrats underground or huff post.
American sailors are not your enemy.
And the Military-Industrial “Circle of Life” goes on. Hakuna Mattata!!!
What really got them was our final chapter where we proposed different possible non-ballistic-missile uses for the hull!
Shouldn’t be to hard to detect that motor no matter how much they insulate it.
Seriously?
Define “shouldn’t be too hard”.
I think it will be extremely difficult.
That’s the whole point of the new design!
How can you be so cavalier about this and by what credentials do you have to judge off the cuff like that?
It produce more frequencies than a nuclear sub?.
The Electric Boat company has been building submarines since 1899 and built subs for the US Navy in both World Wars. The name stems from the fact that they always have been electrically powered when underwater and in the navy’s inscrutable wisdom, they don’t deserve to be called “a ship,” ergo they’re just boats.
They only became General Dynamics Electric Boat after WWII. They built the Nautilus (the world’s first nukular-powered pigboat) and since the early 1970s have been one of only to companies that build subs for the US.
What are you even talking about?
What is “it”?
Are you a native English speaker?
Stop commenting if you don’t have anything intelligent to say.
US Navy submarines are called boats because the original submarines were launched from another ship and were in fact boats. As submarines got larger the traditional name stuck.
Other navies in the world sometimes refer to their submarines as ships.
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