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HII Delivers First Columbia Sub Stern To Electric Boat, Optimistic On LPD-33 and Future Amphibs

HII Delivers First Columbia Sub Stern To Electric Boat, Optimistic On LPD-33 and Future Amphibs
HII transporting the stern of the future USS District of Columbia (SSBN-826), the first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine, ti General Dynamics Electric Boat in January 2024. (Photo: HII by Ashley Cowan)

HII [HII] delivered the stern of the first new Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) to prime contractor General Dynamics Electric Boat [GD], the company’s chief executive told reporters Monday. HII CEO Chris Kastner said the company’s work on Columbia-class is progressing under a “pressurized schedule. I always prefer top-level programatics to them, but we're delivering modules and we delivered the stern this week,” he said ahead of the annual Surface Navy Association symposium. This was the stern module of the…

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