NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Two additional Virginia-class submarines will be built with the help of Newport News Shipbuilding, according to announcements from HII and the U.S. Navy.
The shipbuilding team, which includes Newport News Shipbuilding and General Dynamics Electric Boat, will build the 11th and 12th fast-attack submarines of the Block V contract.
“We appreciate the teamwork that resulted in these critical national security assets being put under contract,” said Jason Ward, Newport News Shipbuilding’s vice president of submarine construction. “We understand the advantage Virginia-class submarines bring to the sailors who operate them, and our shipbuilders are working with diligence to deliver them to the fleet.”…