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• Navy Awards Electric Boat $869 Million Columbia Mod And $9 Billion Options For First Two Subs

  The Navy on Monday awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat [GD] an $869 million modification for continued Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) procurement work with an added price option for the first two submarines that would increase the total contract value to $9.5 billion.

• 2019 Was a Landmark Year for Connecticuts Defense Industry

  Military contractors in Connecticut had their most lucrative year in more than a decade in 2019, receiving $37.1 billion in defense contracts last year.

• 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.

• As Navy Secretary Visits Electric Boat Lawmakers Push For More Submarine Funding

  A visit by the secretary of the Navy to Electric Boat’s facilities in Connecticut and Rhode Island on Friday was as much about observing shipyard operations as it was about making the argument that two attack submarines must continue to be built annually, even as the company embarks on the once-in-a-generation task of building a new fleet of ballistic-missile submarines.

• Connecticut Celebrates its Namesake Submarine

  The state on Tuesday celebrated its namesake boat, the USS Connecticut, which, despite being commissioned 22 years ago, remains one of most advanced and lethal attack submarines operated by the Navy.

• 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.

• 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.

• No Yelling Fewer Dropouts During Swab Summer at Coast Guard Academy

  When the coronavirus struck earlier this year, life at the Coast Guard Academy changed.

• Sirkorsky awarded $17.9M modification for work on the H-53K

  Sikorsky was awarded a $17.9 million contract modification Thursday for work on the H-53K helicopter.

• Pandemic Isn't Slowing Down Columbia-Class Submarine Construction

  General Dynamics Electric Boat remains ready to start construction of the first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine in October, company officials announced Wednesday.

• Navy Ship Commissionings on Track Despite Pandemic, But Ceremonies Are Delayed

  The U.S. Navy plans to put two Virginia-class attack submarines in commission in April despite the COVID-19 pandemic, but the ceremonies marking the events will be delayed.

• 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.

• 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.

• Navy Secretary Visits New England Sub Building Sites

  U.S. Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite and members of Congress visited submarine construction operations in Rhode Island and Connecticut on Friday.

• Governor Rell Nominates Salem First Selectman Robert T. Ross to Head Office of Military Affairs