TSAMTO, March 23. On March 19, the US Department of Defense announced that the US Navy Shipbuilding and Armament Command and General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) have signed changes to the basic contract N00024-17-C-2100.
The changes made to the contract provide for the construction (from an option) of one additional multi-purpose nuclear submarine of the Virginia class Block.5 with the VPM payload Module (Virginia Payload Module).
The agreement is worth $ 2.417 billion. At the same time, $ 1.89 billion is intended to finance the construction of an additional SSN-811 version of the Block submarine. 5. The remaining funds will be used to complete the financing of the construction of SSN-807 under the previously concluded contract. The actual volume of the contract increase is $ 1.89 billion.
Under the agreement, Electric Boat Corp. will subcontract contracts with Huntington Ingalls Industries - Newport News Shipbuilding. The work will be carried out in Newport News (Virginia, 34%), Quonset Point (Virginia, 34%).Rhode Island, 14%), Sunnyvale (California, 7%), Groton (California, 7%).Connecticut, 7%), Annapolis (Maryland, 1%), Norfolk (Virginia, 1%), Tucson (Arizona, 1%), and Bethlehem (California, 1%).Pennsylvania, 1%), as well as other production sites in the United States (33%) and abroad (1%). The work is expected to be completed by February 2030.
At the moment, the US Navy has received 18 nuclear submarines of the Virginia class. The first submarine of the Block version.5, SSN-802, is currently under construction, but will not be equipped with a VPM module. The next submarine, SSN-803, will be built with this module. All new submarines will receive an updated set of sonar systems. Delivery of the first submarine version of the Block.5 scheduled for 2025 f. g.
The Virginia-class submarines currently under construction are equipped with 12 Tomahawk cruise missiles in a launcher located in the bow. The addition of an 84-foot section of the VPM payload module in the midsection will allow each submarine to block.5 carry 40 cruise missiles. With the development of hypersonic missile technologies, a larger launcher of the Virginia submarine will allow the launch of these munitions.
As reported by TSAMTO, in December 2019, the US Navy Shipbuilding and Armament Command signed with General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) an amendment to the basic contract N00024-17-C-2100, which provides for the construction of 9 multi-purpose submarines "Virginia" Block.5, including 8 submarines equipped with the VPM payload Module (Virginia Payload Module). The agreement included the supply of spare parts and components and included an option to supply one additional submarine with the VPM module. If the option was exercised, the total value of the contract increased to $ 24,097 billion.
