General Dynamics has begun to prepare a shipyard as the company aims to secure a potential $6.2B contract by late 2019 to build the U.S. Navy’s first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine, USNI News reported Wednesday. Phebe Novakovic, chairman and CEO of General Dynamics, told analysts during a conference call held Wednesday that the company plans to invest […] More

The U.S. Navy will christen two of its future Virginia-class attack submarines on Saturday at General Dynamics and Huntington Ingalls Industries locations. The service branch will christen USS Vermont at a General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Conn., while USS Delaware will be christened at an HII Newport News Shipbuilding site in Newport News, Va., the […] More

General Dynamics’ Electric Boat subsidiary has won a one-year, $39.7M contract to support the U.S. Navy‘s Next Generation Submarine Science and Technology Research effort. Electric Boat secured the contract via the Long Range Broad Agency Announcement for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology and will perform work in Groton, Conn., the Defense Department said Monday. […] More

General Atomics has embarked on a project to develop a nuclear reactor system designed to fit in a military shipping container for both truck and air deliveries. The company said Thursday its microreactor program builds on General Atomics’ 60 years of nuclear energy research-and-development experience and uses materials built to protect the system from potential threats. According […] More

General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary delivered the future USS South Dakota, or SSN 790, to the U.S. Navy on Monday. With the delivery completed, the Navy is set to commission the 17th Virginia-class attack submarine in early 2019, the Naval Sea Systems Command said Tuesday. The submarine is also the seventh in its class to […] More

General Dynamics’ information technology business has booked four one-year task orders worth a combined $23.4 million to support the Environmental Protection Agency‘s IT infrastructure, systems and applications. Each order contains two one-year options and supports EPA’s ENERGY STAR program, which GDIT has supported over the past 17 years, the company said Tuesday. The agency launched the program […] More

General Atomics has secured grants from the Energy Department to further develop new types of fuel designed to power nuclear reactor systems. DOE will help fund two company-led projects to produce and license a reactor fuel system that uses uranium carbide pellets in silicon carbide composite cladding, General Atomics said Monday. The projects were among 13 recipients of up […] More

General Dynamics‘ Bath Iron Works subsidiary has completed hull, mechanical and electrical delivery of a second Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer to the U.S. Navy. The Navy said Tuesday it accepted ownership of the future USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001) ship after a series of assessments and demonstrations of the vessel’s HM&E systems that include boat handling, anchoring and mooring, damage control, […] More

General Atomics has established an office in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in a move to expand its presence and technology development efforts in the region. The company said Monday its new office in Innovate ABQ’s Lobo Rainforest building offers General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems an opportunity to connect with local contractors, entrepreneurs and laboratories. “We’re looking forward to continuing our work with the […] More

A subsidiary of General Dynamics has received a modification worth $11.4 million on a previously awarded contract for the supply of large vertical array fixtures for two U.S. Navy submarine classes. The modification exercises the first option year of General Dynamics Electric Boat‘s production of LVA fixtures for Ohio-class and Virginia-class ship sets, the Defense Department said […] More

A business unit of General Atomics has been selected by the Defense Department Ordnance Technology Consortium to produce high-energy density capacitors for a non-lethal platform designed to stop and disable vehicles as part of force protection and checkpoint operations. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will supply the capacitors to DoD’s Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate for integration into the Pre-Emplaced […] More

A business unit of General Atomics has secured a contract to design and build a permanent-magnet propulsion motor technology for large displacement unmanned undersea vehicles of the U.S. Navy. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will also test and deliver the motor under the contract from the Office of Naval Research, the company said Wednesday. Rolf Ziesing, vice […] More