Electric Boat will recommend VPM module length, update cost estimate

By Lee Hudson / November 13, 2015 at 4:39 PM
General Dynamics Electric Boat will recommend a final module length for the Virginia Payload Module, update the cost estimate for the effort and complete payload tube arrangements for the platform in fiscal year 2016, according to the Navy. In an Aug. 31 report that was received by Congress Oct. 15, Navy acquisition chief Sean Stackley wrote that the critical factor for success of the program includes setting ship length, establishing the technical baseline by approving the ship specifications, updating the...

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