
BWX Technologies [BWXT], trumpeting strong third-quarters results Tuesday, remained non-committal about building more common missile compartment tubes for U.S. naval submarines, beyond those the company is already under contract to make by 2021. After announcing in 2018 that it had botched welds on 12 of the tubes, which were destined for both Columbia- and Virginia-class subs, BWX Technologies no longer expects to make any money on its missile tube contracts with submarine prime General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat. Under its third…