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

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 27th, 2024

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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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