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Contract Award: General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp. (Groton, Connecticut) – $63,653,671

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022

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General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Connecticut, is awarded a $63,653,671 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-21-C-2103 to exercise an option for engineering and technical design effort to support research and development concept formulation for current and future submarine platforms. Work will be performed in Groton/New London, Connecticut, and is expected to be completed by September 2023. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funding in the amount of $3,725,000 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

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