EB’s $23.4M Contract Mod Includes Work on Ohio-Class Replacement

Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Electric Boat a $24.3 million modification to a November 2010, sole-source submarine research and development contract, according to a March 6 Defense Department announcement.. The modification will involve engineering and technical design services to support research and development of advanced submarine technologies, to include the Ohio-class Replacement (OR). The research and development modification will, in part, support identification of OR technology options, future submarine concepts and core technologies. Work will be performed in Groton, Conn., and is expected to be completed by October 2015. $240,000 in R&D funds from Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015 will be obligated at the time of award, and $200,000 will expire at the end of FY 2015.