Electric Boat celebrates $9.5B contract for first two submarines in Columbia series

Mary MacDonald

11/06/2020

Screen Shot 2020-11-06 at 1.35.06 PM — THE FIRST two vessels in the Columbia class of submarine will be constructed by General Dynamics Electric Boat in Rhode Island and Connecticut. / COURTESY ELECTRIC BOAT.

NORTH KINGSTOWN – General Dynamics Electric Boat has secured a $9.5 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to construct and test the first two Columbia-class submarines, a pivotal vessel for the nation’s defense and the key to thousands of manufacturing jobs in Rhode Island. The award of the contract, announced Thursday, was celebrated the state’…

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