Key Points and Summary - The U.S. Navy’s Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines remain late and wildly expensive, but there are genuine signs of progress. -The bow section of lead boat USS ...

The Columbia-class submarine outstrips its predecessor, the Ohio class, in many ways—but falls short in one conspicuous one.

Groton — In ceremonies Wednesday at its Quonset Point facility in North Kingstown, R.I., Electric Boat marked construction of the future USS Wisconsin, the second of the Columbia-class ballistic ...

Dr. Kelly Geurts, ship sponsor of the future Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine Wisconsin, welds her initials into the ship's keel during a keel-laying ceremony Aug. 27, 2025. Supervising is ...

The new dry dock, designated “Atlas” was announced as received by General Dynamics Electric Boat’s primary shipyard in Groton, Connecticut in a LinkedIn post on January 4th. The primary purpose of ...

The U.S.S. Wisconsin, a new Columbia-class ballistic-missile submarine, had its keel laying ceremony on August 27th. The Wisconsin is the second submarine in the Columbia-class, which will eventually ...

Electric Boat's 618-foot Atlas floating dry dock will launch Columbia-class submarines in Groton.

General Dynamics Electric Boat has taken delivery of the bow section of the future USS District of Columbia at its Groton shipyard, a major milestone as it aims to complete the $16.1 billion ballistic ...

The Columbia-class submarines are meant to serve as more advanced replacements for the Ohio-class. Despite massive delays impacting nearly all of the US Navy’s upcoming projects, there appears to be ...

General Dynamics Electric Boat, the Connecticut subsidiary of Reston-based Fortune 500 defense contractor General Dynamics, has been awarded a $2.28 billion contract modification from the U.S. Navy ...

The Columbia class is slated to enter service in 2031—with very little room for error, as its predecessor, the Ohio-class SSBN, will be retired starting in 2017. General Dynamics Electric Boat, a ...