
The Navy has named General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat the prime contractor for the Ohio replacement submarine, while Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding will take a secondary role in designing and constructing the new boomers, according to a new strategy released this week.Design and construction work will be split 80-20 between Electric Boat and Newport News, and the former company will assemble and deliver the Ohio replacements, Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) told Defense Daily. Courtney represents Groton, Conn.,…