BWX Technologies, which makes the naval nuclear reactors for submarines and carriers, would need to invest about $100 million over several years to get ready to build Virginia-class submarines at a higher rate -- but is waiting for greater certainty. The Navy has advanced the idea of accelerating the pace of both the submarine program , as it readies for the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine, and the Ford-class carrier . Rex Geveden, chief executive of BWX Technologies, told Inside Defense...
