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Electric Boat to Scale Back Submarine Work Due to ‘Major Component’ Delays

The prime contractor behind the Pentagon’s top acquisition priority is slowing its rate of producing submarines due to a lack of “major components,” company officials said on Wednesday. [...] The first boat, District of Columbia (SSBN-826), was originally supposed to deliver in Fiscal Year 2027 for an anticipated first patrol in 2030, but now that delivery is set for FY 2028 at the earliest.

https://news.usni.org/2024/10/23/gd-ceo-...ent-delays

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