The Navy has awarded General Dynamics [GD] a $15.8 million contract modification for continued engineering, technical services, concept studies and design in support of the Common Missile Compartment under development for the United Kingdom’s Successor ballistic-missile submarine and the Ohio replacement submarine, according to a recent company statement. The award joins previous modifications to the base $76 million contract announced in December 2008 for engineering, technical services, concept studies and design of a Common Missile Compartment for the next-generation ballistic missile submarines being developed for the Royal and U.S. Navy.
If all options are exercised and funded, the overall contract including previous modifications would have a value of more than $651 million, the company said.
This work will done by GD Electric Boat’s engineering and design organization, a workforce of more than 3,000, which work on all facets of the submarine life cycle from concept formulation and design through construction, maintenance and modernization, and eventually to inactivation and disposal.