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Dynamics Wins $2Bn for the US' Ohio Replacement and UK's Successor Programs |
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Electric
Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $1,848,606,051 cost-plus-fixed-fee
with special incentives contract for design work and products for the
new class of ballistic missile submarines. This contract includes foreign
military sales to the United Kingdom (U.K.) (8 percent). |
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A US Navy
SSBN seen with all its missile tubes hatches opened
(picture: US Navy archives)
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This contract
includes design work for the Ohio Replacement program and continues
the design and development of the joint U.S. Navy/U.K. Common Missile
Compartment; shipbuilder and vendor component and technology development;
engineering integration; concept design studies; cost reduction initiatives
using a design for affordability process; and full scale prototype manufacturing
and assembly.
Additionally, this contract provides for engineering analysis, should-cost
evaluations, and technology development and integration efforts. Other
efforts contemplated under this contract include the continued design
and development of U.K. unique Common Missile Compartment efforts. |
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HMS Vanguard,
head of Vanguard class SSBN, the current class of Royal Navy SSBN
set to be replaced around 2024 by a new class of SSBN
(Picture: Royal Navy/Crown Copyright)
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The Ohio Replacement SSBN Program is tasked with recapitalizing American
sea-based strategic deterrent in a cost-effective manner. The US Navy
plans to replace its current fleet of 14 Ohio-class SSBNs with only
12 Ohio Replacement SSBNs. The first Ohio Replacement is scheduled to
begin construction in fiscal year 2021, deliver to the US Navy in 2027,
and conduct its first strategic deterrence patrol in 2031 after undergoing
a rigorous testing and evaluation regime. |
