
The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded General Dynamics’s [GD] Electric Boat a $696 million modification on Monday for long-lead time material for the FY ’19 and ’20 Virginia-class submarines.Two Virginia-class submarines are being procured in each year, the future SSN-802 and -803 in FY ’19 and SSN-804, and -805 for FY ’20.The administration’s FY ’19 Navy budget requested $7.3 billion for the first two of 10 total Virginia-class submarines in a multi-year procurement running from FY 2019 – 2023 (Defense…