Leonardo DRS has been awarded contracts valued at more than US$1 billion, when fully funded to provide integrated electric propulsion components for the US Navy’s next-generation Columbia-class submarine.
The Columbia-class submarines will replace the fleet of Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines.
The integrated electric propulsion components will be manufactured in the company’s Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Menominee Falls, Wisconsin, and Danbury, Connecticut facilities. Additional content will be manufactured in the DRS High Ridge, Missouri facility.
