Australia could buy next submarines abroad
JULY 28, 2014 — It’s not a happy time to be a naval shipbuilder in Australia. The country’s three-ship Air Warfare Destroyer project is in such a sorry state that the Australian
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Saab says talks on Kockums buy “at final stage”
JUNE 26, 2014 — Saab AB says discussions on its acquisition of the former Kockums shipyard are “at a final stage, but still ongoing.” Earlier this month, the Swedish Defense Material Administration
Sweden places submarine orders with Saab
JUNE 9, 2014 — The Swedish Defense Material Administration (FMV) has reached an agreement with Saab AB on construction and production plans for Sweden’s next generation submarines and to conduct a mid-life
EB gets $13.2 million more for Ohio Replacement Program
JUNE 3, 2014 — Electric Boat Corp., Groton, CT, is being awarded a $13,228,560 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to the previously awarded contract (N00024-13-C-2128) for procurement of Common Missile Compartment material. The contractor will
Electric Boat gets $9 million more for sub repair work
MAY 15, 2014 — General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, CT, is being awarded a $9,048,214 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to the previously awarded contract (N00024-13-C-4308) to incrementally fund previously exercised options to provide
Electric Boat gets $17.6 billion Virginia Class award
APRIL 28, 2014 — Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $17,645,580,644 fixed-price incentive multiyear Navy contract for construction of 10 Virginia-class submarines from fiscal 2014 to 2018. This contract
Saab signs MOU to acquire Kockums
APRIL 15, 2014 — Sweden looks to be on its way to be regaining domestic control of its submarine building industry — fifteen years after selling its national submarine-maker Kockums to Germany’s
SSN 785 marks a construction milestone
APRIL 3, 2014 — The Virginia-class fast attack submarine John Warner (SSN 785) has reached the “pressure hull complete” construction milestone at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Newport News Shipbuilding, signifying that all
Electric Boat gets $57.2 million for SSN-73 PSA
MARCH 12, 2014 — The U.S. Navy has awarded Electric Boat a $57.2 million contract to prepare and perform maintenance work on the USS Minnesota (SSN-783), a Virginia-class attack submarine. Electric Boat
Electric Boat gets $36 million mod for NRMD
FEBRUARY 25, 2014 — General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $36,137,340 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-13-C-4311) to provide a Nuclear Regional Maintenance Department (NRMD). Under