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General Dynamics Electric Boat[2] (GDEB) is a subsidiary of General Dynamics Corporation. It has been the primary builder of submarines for the United States Navy for more than 100 years. The company's main facilities are a shipyard in Groton, Connecticut, a hull-fabrication and outfitting facility in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, and a design and engineering facility in New London, Connecticut.
General Dynamics emerges Aircraft production became increasingly important at Canadair, and Hopkins argued that the name "Electric Boat" was no longer appropriate—so Electric Boat was reorganized as General Dynamics on 21 February 1952. [11] General Dynamics purchased Convair from the Atlas Group in March 1953. [11]
Arc Boat Co. (Arc) is an American electric boat startup based in Los Angeles. It has received multiple rounds of funding totalling more than US$100 million [1] from venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Lowcarbon Capital [2][3] and investments from Will Smith and Kevin Durant.
Sep. 30—GROTON — Electric Boat and a labor union that represents thousands of shipyard workers have tentatively agreed to a new five-year contract. In a joint statement released Friday night ...
The MOD also enlisted the advice and expertise of General Dynamics Electric Boat through a U.S. Navy contract. [16] Eventually, a General Dynamics Electric Boat employee became the Astute Project Director at Barrow.
An electric boat is a powered watercraft driven by electric motors, which are powered by either on-board battery packs, solar panels or generators. [ 1 ] While a significant majority of water vessels are powered by diesel engines, with sail power and gasoline engines also popular, boats powered by electricity have been used for over 120 years.
Teen breaks record in electric boat challenge around UK coastline. An 18-year-old has become the first person to circumnavigate the entire coastline of Great Britain in an electric boat. Skipper ...
The Columbia class will take over the role of submarine presence in the United States’ strategic nuclear force. [5] Electric Boat designed the new class with help from Newport News Shipbuilding. A total of 12 submarines are planned, [2] and construction of the lead boat began in 2021.