Big Changes Ahead? Unmanned surface vessels are something that need keeping under scrutiny because they underscore that the Navy of the not so distant future may look a lot different. A Congressional
General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp. (GDEB), Groton, Conn., has been awarded the U.S. Navy’s largest ever shipbuilding contract. Worth $22,209,893,409 it covers the construction of nine Virginia-class submarines, eight with Virginia Payload
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division hosted a keel authentication ceremony today for the Virginia-class attack submarine New Jersey (SSN 796). Susan DiMarco wife of former Secretary of Homeland
The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $2 billion contract modification for long lead time material to support construction of Block V Virginia-class submarines. The award modifies a contract
OCTOBER 23, 2018 — Swedish aerospace and defense contractor Saab has joined forces with Damen Shipyards Group to develop an Expeditionary Submarine for the Netherlands Walrus Replacement Program. In a press conference
FEBRUARY 1, 2018 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division has lifted and mounted a 400-metric ton caisson unit into its new Joint Manufacturing Assembly Facility (JMAF). A time lapse
JANUARY 7, 2018 — A GAO study finds that additional development and testing are required to demonstrate the maturity of several Columbia class submarine technologies that are critical to performance, including the
DECEMBER 19, 2017 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has been awarded a contract from General Dynamics Electric Boat worth up to $468 million to begin
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017 – The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $5.1 billion Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD) contract to complete the design of the lead Columbia-class submarine,
APRIL 14, 2017 — NAVSEA reports that Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) delivered USS Providence (SSN 719) back to the Fleet on April 7 — 23 days ahead of schedule and on budget.