A Navy official last week promised the first Columbia-class nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine will deploy for patrol by 2030 despite a year of delays. “How’s Columbia going today? In one […] ...
Columbia-class SSBN
The Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) latest audit of the Columbia-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine program estimated the first new boat has cost overruns several times higher than the shipbuilder and […] ...
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, heavily criticized Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro about significant cost overruns and delays in submarine and ship […] ...
General Dynamics’ Electric Boat [GD] awarded Austal USA a $450 million contract to increase its infrastructure to design, construct and outfit new submarine modules for the U.S. submarine’s prime contractor, […] ...
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s recent letter to congressional appropriations leaders warned a six-month continuing resolution (CR) would put the schedule and cost of the new Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines […] ...