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GD Nabs $2.4 Billion Contract To Build Second FY ’21 Virginia-Class Submarine

Saturday, March 20th, 2021

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GD Nabs $2.4 Billion Contract To Build Second FY ’21 Virginia-Class Submarine

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

The Navy last Friday awarded General Dynamics’ [GD] Electric Boat Corp. business unit a $2.4 billion modification exercising an option to build the second FY '21 Block V Virginia-class attack submarine. The Navy noted GD “will continue to subcontract with Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] – Newport News Shipbuilding” for work on the vessel. While GD is the prime contractor for these attack submarines, HII is a subcontractor and the two companies generally split the work of Virginia-class submarines where each…

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