First Columbia-class Sub Tracking to 2028 Delivery, General Dynamics Says

The first of the new Columbia-class of ballistic missile submarine is tracking for a 2028 delivery due to improvements in workforce efficiency and the supplier base, General Dynamics officials said Wednesday. District of Columbia (SSBN-826), currently being assembled at GD Electric Boat is “on a path to deliver that first boat by the end of 2028, so excellent progress in the last six or nine months on the Columbia program,” GD’s president Danny Deep said during a first-quarter earnings call on Wednesday. Delivering the 21,000-ton ballistic missile nuclear submarine on time is the top acquisition priority for the Pentagon for