GROTON, Conn. –

General Dynamics Electric Boat has received a $12.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide on-board repair parts for the Virginia-class submarine South Dakota (SSN-790). Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).

 

The modification was exercised under the $14 billion contract awarded to Electric Boat in December 2008 for the construction of eight Virginia-class submarines known as Block III. South Dakota, now under construction at Electric Boat, is the seventh Block III ship.

 

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