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Contract Award: General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp. (Groton, Connecticut) – $2,283,291,317

General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Connecticut, was awarded a $2,283,291,317 cost-only modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-17-C-2117) for additional advance procurement and advance construction Columbia-class fleet ballistic missile submarine hulls (SSBN 828-832), and to support additional program execution in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 252.232-7998 – Obligations in Advance of Fiscal Year 2026 Funding (Deviation 2026-O0001). Work will be performed in Groton, Connecticut (70%); Newport News, Virginia (15%); and Quonset Point, Rhode Island (15%), and is expected to be completed by December 2031. No funding will be obligated at the time of award. Fiscal 2026 National Sea-Based Deterrence Fund funds in the amount of $2,229,067,000 (98%); and fiscal 2026 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $54,224,317 (2%), will be obligated at the time made available and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., was the contracting activity. (Awarded Nov. 12, 2025)



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