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Navy Awards Largest Contract Ever, $22.2 Billion, For Nine Attack Subs

By Photo of Staff Reports

By Richard Abott
Defense Daily

The U.S. Navy awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat $22.2 billion to build nine Block V Virginia-class attack submarines, with an option for a 10th, the Navy’s top acquisition official said this week.
It is the “largest shipbuilding…

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