General Dynamics Electric Boat is prime contractor on design and production of new class of submarines, the nation’s top strategic defense priority
General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) announced that it had signed a contract to begin the next phase of construction on a facility to support construction of the U.S. Navy’s future class of ballistic-missile submarines (SSBN), the Columbia-class.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced on Sept. 11 that it has been awarded a contract from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD) to fabricate and deliver two large Bearing Support Structures (BSS’s) for the 12 Columbia-class submarines.
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) hosted a ceremonial first-cut-of-steel event today at its Newport News Shipbuilding division to mark the start of advance construction for the Columbia-class submarine program, the US shipyard said on May 23, 2019.
The US Navy announced on March 6 the establishment of Program Executive Office Columbia (PEO CLB) to focus entirely on the Navy’s number one acquisition priority.
In its largest-ever submarine deal, the US Navy awards $76.6B to GDEB and HII for 9 Block VI Virginia-class attack subs and 5 Columbia-class SSBNs.
On June 12, 2026, Canada’s Ministry of Defence announced the ceremony for the keel-laying ceremony of the first River-class destroyer in Halifax. Canadian MoD press
Austal USA successfully completed acceptance trials on the company’s 19th Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the last ship in the class. Future USS Pierre (LCS
The long anticipated retirement of the US Navy’s Ohio-class guided missile submarines is now only two years away…
Leonardo DRS announced that it has completed factory acceptance testing and shipment of the first production unit of the main propulsion motor for the U.S. Navy’s new COLUMBIA Class submarine.
