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Sunday, November 17, 2013

EB wins funds to continue with missile compartment for next submarine class

Ohio class SSBNThe Navy awarded Electric Boat an additional $22.5 million to continue developing the common missile compartment for a new class of ballistic-missile submarines to replace the Ohio class and the United Kingdom's Successor ballistic-missile submarine, General Dynamics announced Friday.

EB will procure and test the equipment that will be used in the production of the common missile compartment.

The funding is part of a five-year, $1.85 billion contract, which was initially awarded in December 2012 and tasked EB with the research and development work for the Navy's next-generation ballistic-missile submarine.

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