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Leonardo DRS To Build Naval Propulsion Facility To Support Columbia Submarine, Future Ship Work

Leonardo DRS To Build Naval Propulsion Facility To Support Columbia Submarine, Future Ship Work
An artist's rendering of the U.S. Navy's future Columbia-class submarine. (Image: U.S. Navy )

Following a $3 billion award last fall to provide the integrated electric propulsion systems for the Navy’s Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines, Leonardo DRS [DRS] on Tuesday said it will invest $120 million to build a new manufacturing, integration, and test facility to support the nuclear submarine program and potentially other submarine and ship work in the future. Work on the “state-of-the-art” 140,000 square-foot purpose-built facility in Charleston, S.C., will be fully funded by DRS and will take three years to…

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