According to a contract published by the United States Department of Defense on December 18, 2020, BAE Systems Platforms & Services, Minneapolis, Minnesota, is awarded an $18,000,057 fixed-price contract action for the U.S. Navy Virginia class submarine propulsors. The services under this contract include the engineering and support for the construction of fixed assemblies for the Virginia class propulsor.
The U.S. Navy has been procuring Virginia (SSN-774) class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) since Fiscal Year (FY) 1998. The three Virginia-class boats that the US. Navy has requested for procurement in FY2020 would be the 31st, 32nd, and 33rd boats in the class. Virginia-class submarines are being procured under a multiyear procurement (MYP) contract covering at least 10 boats to be procured in FY2019-FY2023....MORE
