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Local shipbuilder earns Navy contract
Connecticut-based company has facility in RI
Updated: Saturday, 05 Jan 2013, 9:03 AM EST
Published : Saturday, 05 Jan 2013, 9:03 AM EST
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) - A local shipbuilder has received yet another contract from the Navy.
Connecticut- based Electric Boat recently acquired a $4.6 billion contract from the United States Navy.
Under the contract, the company will design and develop a new kind of ballistic missle submarine. In addition, they will construct more attack subs.
Locally, the company also has a facility located at Quonset Point in North Kingstown.
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