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Article: bizworld: Navy is planning for additional Virginia-class submarine contract.(Business)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- December 20, 2008
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WASHINGTON | The Navy is close to awarding another multibillion-dollar contract to General Dynamics Corp. and Northrop Grumman Corp. for more Virginia-class submarines, a senior Pentagon official said Friday.
The service will make the award for eight more of those submarines "soon," Allison Stiller, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for ship programs, told The Associated Press. A formal announcement is expected as early as next week as the Navy looks to add to its nuclear-powered attack submarine fleet. The Virginia class is the first U.S. Navy warship designed in the post-Cold War era.
The new contract builds on an existing partnership between ...