Pentagon could scrap new ballistic-missile submarine

Electric Boat President John P. Casey has repeatedly said the work on a new class of submarines that is ramping up at the shipyard is critical to the company's success.

And EB is hiring hundreds of engineers for its growing New London design and engineering campus, many of whom will work on the new ballistic-missile submarine.

Now this work could be in jeopardy as the Pentagon considers scrapping the plans to build the class.

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