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• 100-plus lawmakers call for adding attack submarine to the budget

  Congressional boosters of the Navy's submarine fleet are out in force calling for top House appropriators to fund a second attack boat that was left out of the Pentagon's budget request.

• Electric Boat Grapples With How To Keep Workers Safe Amid COVID-19 Outbreak

  With Gov. Ned Lamont on Friday ordering all "nonessential" workers in the state to stay home in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, Electric Boat, deemed an essential business given its role building submarines in support of national defense, has been grappling with how to keep its employees safe at work.

• Undersea Warfighting Development Center Welcomes New Commander

  The Undersea Warfighting Development Center (UWDC) held a change of command ceremony June 18 at Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut.

• DSF Legacy PageMaritime Heritage Festival Will Have to Do Without Live Ships

  Known for the ships it draws to the city’s waterfront and to Fort Trumbull State Park every September, the Connecticut Maritime Heritage Festival will proceed without ships this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

• Columbia SSBN Not A Factor In 2021 Budget Cut To One Virginia-Class Sub, Geurts Says

• Council of Governments Awarded Grant to Study Parking in Groton City

  As Electric Boat expands in the coming years, more workers will travel to the City of Groton each day, a trend anticipated to add pressure on available parking.

• Schultz: Coast Guard Response to COVID-19 Highlights Modernization Needs

  The Coast Guard’s new range of missions during the COVID-19 global shows how the service is in need of key modernization programs, Coast Guard commandant Adm. Karl Schultz said on Monday.

• With i911 System, Coast Guard Can Use Cell Phone GPS Data to Locate Mariners

  After three people went out on an inflatable raft recently in Long Island Sound and couldn’t paddle back to shore due to high winds and strong sea currents, the Coast Guard used GPS data from their cellphones to pinpoint their location — about 6 miles offshore — and bring them home safely.

• Report Pentagon Contract Spending Powers Connecticut to No 1

  Significant military spending has boosted Connecticut’s already muscle-bound defense industry, with increases in 2018 far ahead of the U.S. average, according to a study by the Pew Charitable Trusts.

• Geurts Shoring Up U.S. Navy’s Industrial Base

  James “Hondo” Geurts, top acquisition official for the US Navy and Marine Corps, is working to coordinate government and industry efforts to keep the nation’s industrial base healthy and functioning during the coronavirus pandemic.

• Submarines Usually An Ideal Place For Disease To Spread Manage To Keep COVID-19 At Bay

  It’s no secret that submarines with their confined quarters are ideal places for diseases to spread.

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