GROTON — Electric Boat is expanding the workforce behind its submarine programs. General Dynamics President Danny Deep said on an October 30 earnings call that Electric Boat had brought on about 6,000 shipbuilders in 2026 and expected that figure to reach 8,000 by the end of the year. The figures cover Electric Boat as a whole.
Groton is where the first submarine in the Columbia class, the future USS District of Columbia, comes together. Electric Boat says work on the class spans its Groton shipyard and its Quonset Point facility in Rhode Island. The ship’s commissioning committee says Electric Boat handles final assembly in Groton after sections arrive from Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia.
Deep said the company is working toward delivering the first Columbia-class boat and the first Virginia-class submarine with the Virginia Payload Module by the end of 2028. That is the shipbuilder’s target.
Electric Boat is the lead contractor for the planned 12-boat Columbia class, which will replace the Navy’s Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarines. The company says more than 3,000 suppliers nationwide support the program.