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Navy/USMC

Navy Gearing Up To Award Contract for Ohio Replacement Sub

By Marc Selinger

Friday, July 8th, 2016

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Navy Gearing Up To Award Contract for Ohio Replacement Sub

Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Louisiana (SSBN 743). (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The U.S. Navy plans to award the design contract for the Ohio replacement submarine to prime contractor General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat by October, a service official said July 8.The Navy received Electric Boat’s proposal for the new ballistic missile submarine in May, and “we are in a very intensive review cycle right now, exchanging questions and answers between the government and the contractor,” said Rear Adm. Michael Jabaley, the Navy’s program executive officer for submarines. “We’ll go into hard-core…

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