GD’s Electric Boat Wins Contract to Design Next SSBN for U.S. and U.K.
December 26, 2012 by Matthew Potter
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Countries, development program, England, Events, General Dynamics, HII, production program, Services, U.S. Navy
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Countries, development program, England, Events, General Dynamics, HII, production program, Services, U.S. Navy
One of the largest contracts to be awarded this Fiscal Year was just given to General Dynamics (GD) submarine building arm, Electric Boat. The 5 year, nearly $2 billion contract is for design and development efforts supporting a new ballistic missile submarine.
This new boat will potentially replace the current U.S. Ohio class submarines and the Royal Navy’s similar Vanguards. Electric Boat is the primary producer of submarines for the U.S. Navy. While the Vanguard replacements will be built in the United Kingdom much of the design work will be done in the U.S. due to the fact they utilize a U.S. missile.
While there has been some reductions in the size of the U.S. nuclear arsenal with some of the Ohio class retired or re-designated there will ultimately still be a need for modernization of the design and new submarines. The U.S. is currently only building the Virginia class of fast attack submarines at Electric Boat and partner Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII).
Even with the potential for large cuts to the defense budget if sequestration takes effect these kind of contracts will continue to be awarded. Reductions in funding will limit how much is executed each year and potentially stretch out the work over more years then currently planned.
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