WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Jack Reed issued the following press release:
After years of federal investment to boost submarine construction, the United States is ramping up production of nuclear-powered submarines like the ones built at shipyards in Quonset Point in Rhode Island; Groton, Connecticut; and Newport News, Virginia. The U.S. Navy's goal is to deliver two Virginia-class (https://gdmissionsystems.com/submarine-systems/virginia-class) submarines a year, as well as construct Columbia-class (https://gdmissionsystems.com/submarine-systems/columbia-class) nuclear ballistic-missile submarines - a new fleet of ballistic missile submarines that will replace the aging Ohio-class boats. They are now the Navy's number one acquisition priori...