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Groton Shipyard, Conn. (Apr. 15, 2003) -- The Electric Boat Corporation
of Connecticut is the lead design authority for the New Attack
Submarine [NAS]. The building of the first submarine is scheduled to
start at the company's Groton Shipyard in 1998, and funding has been
allocated for the second and third submarines. Electric Boat and
Newport News Shipbuilding proposed to construct New Attack Submarines
as a team rather than as competitors. This is consistent with
Congressional direction to involve both nuclear submarine shipbuilders,
to foster cooperation between the shipbuilders on both construction and
design improvements, and to facilitate the combination of knowledge and
the insertion of advanced technology. Both shipbuilders would use
Electric Boat's digital design database to construct New Attack
Submarines and each shipbuilder would then specialize in certain
assemblies, thereby approaching single learning curve
efficiencies. U.S. Navy photo. (RELEASED)
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