The Diplomat:
U.S. defense contractor General Dynamics Electric Boat has been awarded a $5.1 billion contract to undertake detailed design work for the U.S. Navy’s new Columbia-class of ballistic missile submarines, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced on September 21.
According to the DoD, Electric Boat, the primary builder of submarines for the U.S. Navy, “is being awarded a $5,071,534,074 cost-plus-incentive-fee with special incentives contract for the Integrated Product and Process Development design completion for the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs).”
Furthermore, “the contract also includes component and technology development, missile tube module and reactor compartment bulkhead prototyping and manufacturing efforts, and United Kingdom Strategic Weapon Support System kit manufacturing for the Columbia class ballistic missile submarines.” (The British Royal Navy’s future Dreadnought-class of SSBNs will share a common missile compartment with the Columbia-class.)…
