Tag Archives: Submarine

The U.S. Navy has issued a solicitation for a contract to design, develop and fabricate two prototypes under the Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle program. The program executive office for unmanned and small combatants at Naval Sea Systems Command expects to receive proposals for the LDUUV program, also called Snakehead, in early 2021.

General Dynamics' (NYSE: GD) Electric Boat business received a $192.8M contract modification to provide design changes, engineering support and planning yard services for the U.S. Navy’s strategic and attack submarines.

Robert Smith, president of General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) Jet Aviation subsidiary, has been named executive vice president of the company’s marine systems segment in a move that will take effect on July 1. He will succeed the retiring John Casey, a shipbuilding industry veteran and former president of General Dynamics …

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a potential five-year, $273.1M contract from the U.S. Navy to produce tactical underwater launcher hardware for the common missile compartment to be installed on U.S. and U.K. submarines. The company will also provide technical, component and full-scale engineering services to support CMC development and …

Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has released a report on Navy Secretary Richard Spencer‘s speech at the Surface Navy Association’s Annual National Symposium. Spencer, a 2019 Wash100 winner, said at the SNA event that the Navy needs a sense of urgency and to ramp up speed and rate of change to address …

A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary, Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and Oceaneering International (NYSE: OII) have received five-year contracts to support safety and material work aboard the U.S. Navy’s submarines. The Defense Department said Wednesday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts cover support for Virginia-class, Seawolf-class, Ohio-class and Los Angeles-class submarines. The contractors …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 3, 2018 — General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) is anticipated to invest an estimated $850 million to establish a new facility and expand operations in Connecticut in support of its General Dynamics Electric Boat subsidiary, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The Connecticut Post reported Tuesday the company is set to receive $83 …

General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) Electric Boat subsidiary has secured a potential $137.9 million contract to support a U.S. Navy research and development program aimed at formulating submarine concepts. Electric Boat will provide engineering and technical design services to the Navy and a foreign military sales customer under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, the Defense Department said …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 7, 2018 — A Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) shipbuilding division has completed the installation of a caisson fixture at the Joint Manufacturing Assembly Facility in Virginia to support the construction of submarines, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Jan. 31 the 80-feet-high, 400-metric-ton structure will be used …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 24, 2018 — A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary is set to hire 2,200 more workers this year for its submarine engineering, design, operations and fabrication operations in Connecticut and Rhode Island, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Day reported Monday that General Dynamics Electric Boat President Jeffrey Geiger said at an event …