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Northrop
Grumman Selected to Provide Turbine Generator Units For US Navy's Ohio
Replacement Submarine Program |
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Northrop
Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract by shipbuilder General
Dynamics Electric Boat to complete detailed design and subsequent manufacturing,
assembly, qualification and delivery of the first turbine generator
units for the Ohio Replacement Program (ORP), the U.S. Navy's next-generation
ballistic nuclear submarine.
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Artist impression of the future U.S. Navy's SSBN launching a ballitstic
missile
Image: General Dynamics Electric Boat
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The turbine generators provide all of the submarine's
propulsion and other electrical power requirements. The ORP represents
the first Navy nuclear-powered submarine to incorporate electric drive
since 1974.
This award follows separate ORP contract awards from General Dynamics
to Northrop Grumman's Marine Systems business unit for other ORP components.
"This latest award reflects Northrop Grumman's long standing partnerships
with General Dynamics Electric Boat and the U.S. Navy," said Karen
Campbell, vice president, Northrop Grumman Marine Systems business unit.
"We are proud of our heritage and honored to be part of the Ohio
Replacement Program."
The ORP plan is to design and build a new class of 12 ballistic missile
submarines (SSBNs) to replace the Navy's current force of 14 Ohio-class
SSBNs, which will be retired starting in 2027.
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