Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) nuclear submarine shipbuilding team has been awarded $76.6 billion in contracts from the United States’ Navy to build submarines, the company announced on Wednesday.
The team, which includes Newport News Shipbuilding, will support the construction of five additional Columbia-class subs and nine additional Virginia-class subs, as well as providing funds for shipyard infrastructure.
Newport News Shipbuilding will be the delivery yard for six of the planned submarines in the Virginia-class program. The divison will also deliver six module sections per sub in the Columbia-class program, according to the company…