Politics & Government
Electric Boat Awarded $25.2M In Navy Contracts
EB will repair the USS Annapolis in Groton and will do repair work on nuclear submarines and carriers in Washington state
The U.S. Navy has awarded with $25.2 million in repair contracts, Senators Joe Lieberman and Richard Blumenthal and Rep. Joe Courtney have announced.
According to the press release, $15.4 million of the deal will pay for the repair of the USS Annapolis in Groton. The remaining $9.8 million will cover costs of repair work on nuclear submarines and carriers at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Washington state.
“This maintenance work comes at a welcome time to further stabilize the workforce at Electric Boat as the yard ramps up toward two sub per year production,” Courtney said in the release.
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“The irreplaceable men and women of Electric Boat have earned the confidence the U.S. Navy and Pentagon to service and to modernize our most valuable naval assets on a variety of platforms. I thank the Navy’s leadership for this much-appreciated boost to our area’s submarine industrial base.”
According to the press release, work on the USS Annapolis is expected begin this fall, employing 225 workers.
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Close to 60 EB employees are expected to work on the Puget Sound project, the release says.
