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Navy Awards Largest Contract Ever, $22.2 Billion For 9 Block V Virginia Subs

Monday, December 2nd, 2019

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Navy Awards Largest Contract Ever, $22.2 Billion For 9 Block V Virginia Subs

The Virginia-class submarine future USS Delaware (SSN-791) at sea for sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean on Aug, 31, 2019. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat [GD] $22.2 billion in the “largest shipbuilding contract the Navy has ever awarded” for nine Block V Virginia-class attack submarines and an option for a 10th, the Navy’s top acquisition official said on Monday. The award covers nine submarines, with eight having the Virginia Payload Module (VPM) and all nine having acoustic superiority improvements, James Geurts told reporters at the Pentagon. The contract includes 10 ship sets of all the supplier material and…

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