Electric Boat gets $121.8 million Virginia Class award

Virginia Class submarine

DECEMBER 23, 2013 — General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $121,847,000 undefinitized contract action under existing Navy contract (N00024-12-C-2115) for additional long lead time material associated with the second fiscal 2014 Virginia-class submarine (SSN 793) and the two fiscal 2015 Virginia-class submarines (SSN 794 and SSN 795).

This contract modification provides additional long lead time material for steam and electric plant components, the main propulsion unit efforts and ship service turbine generator efforts, steel and miscellaneous hull, mechanical and electrical system components. Work will be performed in Sunnyvale, Calif. (56 percent); Coatesville Pa. (9 percent); Florence, N.J. (6 percent); Phillipsburg, N.J. (5 percent); Groton, Conn. (3 percent); Newport News, Va. (3 percent); Charlottesville, Va. (2 percent); Warren, Mass. (2 percent); Farmingdale, N.Y. (2 percent), and other efforts performed at various sites throughout the United States (12 percent), and is expected to be complete by September 2014.

Fiscal 2013 shipbuilding and conversion, Navy funding in the amount of $121,847,000 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.

The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.