General Dynamics Electric Boat has received a $2.31bn contract to supply long lead time materials for Virginia-class Block VI submarines. The post GDEB awarded $2.3bn contract modification for Virginia-class submarines appeared first on Naval Technology.
The contract includes procurement of long lead materials and early manufacturing for the submarines.
General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), a business unit of General Dynamics, has received a $2.31bn contract modification to supply long lead time materials and commence initial manufacturing work for Virginia-class Block VI submarines.
The Naval Sea Systems Command is responsible for managing and overseeing the contract, according to an announcement by the US Department of War on 11 May.
Bulk of the work will take place in Sunnyvale, California, accounting for 30% of the effort. Other significant sites include Chesapeake in Virginia, Minneapolis in Minnesota, York in Pennsylvania and Tucson in Arizona, each contributing between 3 and 4%. Additional work will be distributed among various locations across the US.
Works on the project is scheduled for completion by September 2035, as per the contract statement.
Funding allocated for this contract includes $1.97bn in fiscal 2026 shipbuilding and conversion funds, and $150m in fiscal 2025 shipbuilding and conversion funds, which will be committed at the time of the award.
These funds will remain available beyond the current fiscal year.
The contract follows the US Department of the Navy’s $377.5bn budget request for Fiscal Year 2027, which allocates $65.8bn for shipbuilding.
This funding covers the acquisition of 34 new ships, including two Virginia-class submarines and one Columbia-class submarine.
In September 2025, GDEB received a $642m cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a prior contract (N00024-20-C-2120) for lead yard support, development studies, and design work related to Virginia-class submarines.
Additionally, in April 2025, Naval Sea Systems Command modified GDEB’s existing Virginia-class Block V contract for the construction of two fiscal year 2024 submarines.
Last month, the US Navy commissioned USS Idaho (SSN 799), the Virginia-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine at Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut.
The U.S. Army has selected Teledyne FLIR Defense’s Rogue 1 loitering munition for its Low Altitude Stalking and Strike Ordnance (LASSO ) program, giving Infantry Brigade Combat Teams a man-portable precision strike weapon capable of destroying tanks and armored vehicles at ranges exceeding 12
Despite being thousands of miles from the war in Ukraine, Russia’s strategic submarine base at Rybachiy in the Pacific is now showing signs of heightened defenses. New satellite imagery reveals anti-drone protections around nuclear submarines, suggesting Russian commanders fear that Ukrainian surpri
MatrixSpace is providing airspace awareness sensors to Operation Flytrap 5.0, a major U.S. Army-led counter-drone exercise running May 1 through 15 in Lithuania, after the company’s technology won the xTechCounter Strike competition at the preceding Flytrap 4.5 exercise in November 2025. The c
German electronic warfare technology company Aaronia AG will make its first public presentation of the AARTOS DF2 direction-finding solution at AOC Europe in Helsinki from May 19 to 21, 2026. The AOC Europe conference, organized by the Association of Old Crows and described as the leading European e