General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., located in Groton, Connecticut, has been awarded a significant contract worth $215,655,632 to provide support for the U.S. Navy’s ongoing technical design and planning activities for the Virginia-class attack submarines. This contract, identified as N00024-19-C-2125, pertains to engineering and planning yard support for operational, technical, design, and planning services for the next several years. The United States Navy will fund 42% of this contract, while General Dynamics Electric Boat will cover the remaining 58%, under the Foreign Military Sales program. The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C. oversees this contracting activity.

The work will predominantly take place in Groton, Connecticut (70%), with additional efforts allocated to Kings Bay, Georgia (13%), Bangor, Washington (10%), Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (3%), North Kingstown, Rhode Island (2%), and Newport, Rhode Island (2%). The project is expected to be completed by September 2023, with Foreign Military Sales to the United Kingdom accounting for 52% of the funding, and fiscal 2020 other procurement (Navy; 42%) contributing $5,041,000 toward the total amount, with no expiration at the end of the current fiscal year.