Navy Awards $11.8 Billion for Columbia, Virginia-Class Submarines
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Navy Awards $11.8 Billion for Columbia, Virginia-Class Submarines

General Dynamics Electric Boat and Huntington Ingalls received contract modifications to build five ballistic missile submarines and nine attack submarines, with work running through July 2038.

Richard Miniter
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First Published: July 29, 2026, 1:32 PM ET

GROTON, CONNECTICUT — The U.S. Navy committed nearly $11.8 billion to build 14 nuclear submarines, deepening its bet on undersea power, as announced on war.gov.