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Electric Boat is a subsidiary of General Dynamics that builds submarines for the US Navy. It has a hull-fabrication and outfitting facility in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, and a design and engineering facility in New London, Connecticut.
NR-1 was a unique nuclear-powered ocean engineering and research submarine that performed underwater search and recovery, oceanographic research, and installation and maintenance of underwater equipment. It was the smallest nuclear submarine ever put into operation and had the capability to remain submerged for long periods of time.
Learn about the latest class of nuclear-powered fleet submarines in service with the Royal Navy, built by BAE Systems Submarines at Barrow-in-Furness. Find out their history, design, features, armament, and operational status.
General Dynamics Corp.’s GD business unit, Electric Boat, recently clinched a modification contract to provide reactor plant planning yard support for nuclear-powered submarines. The award has ...
SSN (X) is a future nuclear-powered attack submarine program of the US Navy to succeed the Virginia and Seawolf classes. It aims to develop advanced technologies and capabilities for stealth, sensor, and firepower missions in the 2050-plus timeframe.
The Columbia class is a new design of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines that will replace the Ohio class in the U.S. Navy. Learn about the history, specifications, cost, and construction of the first boat, USS District of Columbia, and the planned 12-submarine fleet.
USS John H. Dalton is a planned nuclear-powered Virginia-class submarine for the U.S. Navy, named after John Howard Dalton, a former submariner and Secretary of the Navy. She will be the first U.S. Naval vessel with the hull number SSN-808 and will have 40 VLS tubes for Tomahawk missiles.
General Dynamics is a Fortune 100 company that produces aircraft, submarines, tanks, and other military equipment. It was formed in 1952 by the merger of Electric Boat and Canadair, and has subsidiaries in 45 countries.