WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) attended the ribbon cutting ceremony of a new submarine manufacturing facility (https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/4439992/advanced-shipbuilding-factory-of-the-future-opens-in-alabama/) opening in Cherokee, Alabama. Hadrian's 2.2 million square foot site will mass produce components for Virginia-class attack submarines and Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines. The Navy secured $900 million for the project through the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), which will be combined with $1.5 billion in private capital. It is estimated that the new facility will bring more than ...