Curtiss-Wright Company introduced that it has been awarded contracts valued at roughly $120 million when totally funded to offer mills for the U.S. Navy’s next-generation Columbia-class submarine. The Columbia-class submarine will exchange the fleet of Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines. The lead ship is scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in 2027. Curtiss-Wright is performing this work at its Cheswick, Pennsylvania facility throughout the Firm’s Naval & Energy Section.
“We’re very proud to have been chosen by Northrop Grumman to offer mills for this vital U.S. nuclear naval protection platform. The Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) program is the U.S. Navy’s high precedence to keep up the nation’s pressure construction, and Curtiss-Wright’s choice for this award displays our long-standing dedication to and our ongoing assist of the U.S. Navy’s most crucial platforms,” stated Lynn M. Bamford, President and CEO of Curtiss-Wright Company.
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