Huntington Ingalls Industries announced today that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has been awarded a contract modification from General Dynamics Electric Boat to support construction on the first two Columbia-class ballistic mіѕѕіɩe submarines. The contract modification, valued at approximately $2.2 billion, provides continued design support efforts, as well as the construction and delivery of six module sections for each of the first two Columbia-class submarines. As part of the contract, Newport News will deliver the completed modules to Electric Boat for final assembly. The contracted module deliveries are scheduled to begin in November 2022, with the final module delivery taking place by January 2028.
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