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# Navy orders 14 submarines from Electric Boat–Newport News building team
- URL: https://pvweekly.com/navy-fourteen-submarine-orders/
- Published: 2026-10-27T19:29:59.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-27T19:29:59.000Z
- Description: 2026 archive · Five Columbia-class and nine Virginia-class boats create a long workload across two yards, with Newport News assigned to deliver six of the attack submarines.
- Author: PV Weekly Editorial
- Tags: Technology & Defense, Archive 2026, #ledger-format, #archive-backfill-20261027

**2026 archive** · July 29, 2026Reporting prepared October 22, 2026\. This retrospective describes events and expectations from the period covered.[Browse the archive](https://pvweekly.com/archive/)

Fourteen submarine orders announced July 29, 2026, set a substantial workload for the Navy’s two-yard nuclear-submarine building team: five Columbia-class ballistic-missile boats and nine Virginia-class attack boats.

General Dynamics said Electric Boat had received $29.5 billion for the Columbias and $42.1 billion for the Virginias. The companies described a broader $76.6 billion package that also included shipyard infrastructure support.

The two construction amounts add to $71.6 billion. The larger package includes work beyond building the boats, and dividing it by fourteen would not produce a meaningful standard price for two different submarine classes.

Columbia carries the sea-based strategic-deterrent role, while Virginia is the attack-submarine program. Their industrial demands overlap even though their operational assignments differ.

Electric Boat said the contracts gave the company and its suppliers the demand certainty needed for hiring and capacity investment. A longer order book can support those decisions by showing manufacturers what work is coming.

Construction moves through a shared production system: modules and components made at different locations must meet before final assembly, testing and delivery. An assignment as delivery yard therefore does not mean one yard makes the whole submarine.

HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding identified its part in that division of work. It would deliver six of the nine Virginia Block VI submarines and build six module sections for each Columbia Build II boat.

## Sources

- [General Dynamics Electric Boat awarded construction contracts for 14 submarines as part of $76.6 billion Navy award](https://www.gd.com/Articles/2026/07/29/general%5Fdynamics%5F-electric%5Fboat%5Fawarded%5Fconstruction%5Fcontracts?ref=pvweekly.com) — General Dynamics · 2026-07-29.
- [HII is Awarded Contracts for Construction of Block VI Virginia-class and Build II Columbia-class Submarines](https://www.hii.com/news/hii-is-awarded-contracts-for-construction-of-block-vi-virginia-class-and-build-ii-columbia-class-submarines?ref=pvweekly.com) — HII · 2026-07-29.