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  • Navy Taps General Dynamics for USS Washington Submarine Post-Delivery Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps General Dynamics for USS Washington Submarine Post-Delivery Support

    General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary has received a potential $20.6 million contract modification to help the U.S. Navy plan and execute post-delivery activities for the service branch’s latest Virginia-class submarine. The Defense Department said Wednesday Electric Boat will procure long-lead time materials needed to alter, maintain, repair and test USS Washington throughout the post-delivery work period. Huntington Ingalls […] More

  • General Dynamics Hands Navy's Future USS Colorado Submarine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Hands Navy’s Future USS Colorado Submarine

    The U.S. Navy has accepted a General Dynamics-built Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine designed to provide the service branch with additional undersea capacities. General Dynamics said Monday that USS Colorado (SSN 788) is the fifth of eight ships under the Block III Virginia-class submarine group. The Naval Sea Systems Command said Thursday that the Block III submarines […] More

  • General Dynamics Demos C4 Capacities With Airborne, Underwater Assets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Demos C4 Capacities With Airborne, Underwater Assets

    General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat and mission systems businesses have showcased multiple mission command, control and communication capacities that connected a simulated submarine combat control center with unmanned underwater and aerial vehicles. General Dynamics said Tuesday it linked Bluefin Robotics-built UUVs and AeroVironment‘s Blackwing UAV to the AN/BYG-1 submarine control facility during the 2017 Advanced Naval Technology Exercise that took […] More

  • General Dynamics Subsidiary to Help Navy Replace Virginia-Class Submarine Propulsion Control Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Subsidiary to Help Navy Replace Virginia-Class Submarine Propulsion Control Tech

    A General Dynamics subsidiary has received a $40.7 million “undefinitized contract action” from the U.S. Navy to conduct the second phase of a project to redesign the main propulsion machinery control systems of Virginia-class submarines. General Dynamics Electric Boat will help the Navy plan and facilitate the replacement of legacy MPM control systems of the submarines’ […] More

  • General Dynamics Gets $85M Navy Funds for Virginia-Class Submarine Material Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Gets $85M Navy Funds for Virginia-Class Submarine Material Procurement

    General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary has received $85 million in contract funds from the U.S. Navy to obtain additional long-lead time materials for the construction of two Virginia-class submarines for fiscal year 2019. The Defense Department said Friday the contract modification covers materials for the steam and electric plant components of SSN 802 and SSN 803 along with main […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Transfers 16th Virginia-Class Submarine for Final Testing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Transfers 16th Virginia-Class Submarine for Final Testing

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has launched the U.S. Navy‘s future Indiana submarine into James River and transferred the watercraft from a construction facility to a pier managed by the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division in preparation for final crew certification, outfitting and testing. Indiana, dubbed as SSN 789, will represent the 16th Virginia-class submarine of the Navy and the eighth unit Newport […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Christens 16th Virginia-Class Submarine for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Christens 16th Virginia-Class Submarine for Navy

    Newport News Shipbuilding, a Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) subsidiary, has christened the U.S. Navy‘s 16th Virginia-class Indiana submarine at the company’s shipyard in Newport News, Virginia. The christening occurred Saturday and ship’s sponsor Diane Donald, wife of Adm. Kirkland Donald (U.S. Navy, Ret.), former director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion,  performed the traditional honor of breaking a bottle of sparkling […] More

  • General Dynamics Awards $76M Contract to BWXT for Submarine Common Missile Compartment Tube Assemblies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Awards $76M Contract to BWXT for Submarine Common Missile Compartment Tube Assemblies

    BWX Technologies‘ Nuclear Operations Group subsidiary has received a $76.2 million contract from General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat business to produce additional common missile compartment tube assemblies for U.S. and U.K. nuclear submarines. BWXT said Monday the Block II CMC missile tubes will be integrated on Columbia-class and Dreadnought-class nuclear submarines. General Dynamics Electric Boat received a $95.6 million contract […] More

  • General Dynamics Subsidiary Gets Navy Contract for Ship Alterations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Subsidiary Gets Navy Contract for Ship Alterations

    General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary has secured a potential $46.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide ship alterations and a range of technical services. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract has a $13 million base value and covers technical engineering support for Trident II submarine launched ballistic missile programs, Ohio-class submarines, attack weapon system trainers and […] More

  • General Dynamics Subsidiary to Help Maintain, Repair Submarines at Naval Base in Connecticut - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Subsidiary to Help Maintain, Repair Submarines at Naval Base in Connecticut

    General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary has received a $46.2 million contract modification to conduct nuclear-related maintenance and repair efforts for operational submarines at a U.S. Navy base in New London, Connecticut. The Defense Department said Tuesday Electric Boat will also help the Navy manage the service branch’s Nuclear Regional Maintenance Department at the New England Submarine Base. The contract covers project management, technical analysis, […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Tests Navy's Washington Submarine at Sea - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Tests Navy’s Washington Submarine at Sea

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has tested the components, systems and compartments of the U.S. Navy‘s future nuclear-powered attack submarine Washington (SSN 787) during an initial round of sea trials. Washington is built through a teaming agreement between HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division and General Dynamics’ Electric Boat subsidiary. HII said Monday. The Virginia-class submarine functioned at a high speed underwater […] More

  • General Dynamics Subcontracts BWX Technologies for Virginia Payload Module Launch Tubes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Subcontracts BWX Technologies for Virginia Payload Module Launch Tubes

    General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat business unit has awarded a BWX Technologies subsidiary a $35 million contract to develop and build Virginia Payload Module launch tubes for Virginia-class submarines. BWXT Nuclear Operations Group will start the fabrication of the payload tubes in 2017 at its manufacturing facility in Mount Vernon, Indiana with the first delivery set for 2019, BWXT […] More