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Navy/USMC

Electric Boat Nabs $1 Billion Contract Mod For Virginia Block VI Sub Material

Wednesday, March 26th, 2025

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Electric Boat Nabs $1 Billion Contract Mod For Virginia Block VI Sub Material

A mockup of the Block V Virginia-class attack submarine with the Virginia Payload Module in use. (Image: General Dynamics Electric Boat)

General Dynamics' [GD] Electric Boat won another undefinitized contract modification worth up to $1.065 billion for the long lead time material for Block VI Virginia-class attack submarines. Previously, in August 2024 Electric Boat won a modification worth up to $1.3 billion for economic ordering quantity material to support Block VI boats and to commit to a healthy submarine industrial base (Defense Daily, Aug. 5, 2024). Then last October Electric Boat won another $2 billion in four contracts for submarine industrial…

Congress

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Budget

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Congress

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