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Officers Send Conflicting Signals on Columbia Program Margin

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Officers Send Conflicting Signals on Columbia Program Margin
An artist's rendering of the U.S. Navy's future Columbia-class submarine. The program will be a huge driver of growth in General Dynamics' Marine Systems segment in the coming years. (Photo: U.S. Navy )

A Navy admiral and the head of U.S. Strategic Command sent conflicting signals in Washington on Tuesday about whether a botched welding job on long-lead parts of the Columbia-class submarine could spell delay for the Navy’s top procurement. Columbia vendor BWX Technologies [BWXT], which reported record earnings this week on early Columbia work, incorrectly welded 12 Columbia missile tubes over the summer. As of Tuesday, the company was about 15 percent of the way through its planned fix, David Black,…

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