![]() ![]() “Northrop Grumman designed a new hull-mounted acoustic Advanced Flank Array (AFA) for the Virginia class submarine.” ![]() In December 2017 and December 2018, the company received contract modifications, totalling $778m, for research and development and lead-yard services to improve the design and study technologies for integration into the submarine. The company was awarded $9m in funds to support the continued development of the Virginia Payload Module (VPM). The US Navy awarded several modification contracts to General Dynamics Electric Boat over the years in support of the Virginia-Class attack submarine programme. Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) Nuclear Operations won a contract for the assembly of nuclear propulsion components for Virginia-Class submarine in February 2013. ![]() The Virginia-Class new attack submarine is an advanced stealth multimission nuclear-powered submarine for deep ocean anti-submarine warfare and littoral (shallow water) operations.Īlthough the Seawolf submarine was developed to provide an eventual replacement for the US Navy Los Angeles-Class submarines in combating the Soviet forces, the prohibitive unit cost and changing strategic requirements led to the US Navy defining a smaller new-generation attack submarine. ![]()
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