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Saturday, May 23, 2009

Navy to pay General Dynamics $16M for submarine repairs


General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp. reports it has won $15.8 million from the U.S. Navy for repair work on the USS Hartford.

Under the contract, Groton, Conn.-based Electric Boat will plan and perform repairs on the Los Angeles-class attack submarine, which was damaged in March when it collided with an amphibious ship, the USS New Orleans, in the Strait of Hormuz.

Electric Boat will perform planning work, material procurement and fabrication of a hull patch and a bridge access trunk, as well as planning and material procurement for the port retractable bow plane.

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