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United States I: Navy Awards Trident Conversion Contracts The U.S. Navy has awarded contracts to three U.S. defense firms for work to convert four Trident ballistic missile submarines to a non-nuclear, conventional role, the Day.com news service reported today (see GSN, Nov. 25). Electric Boat, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, received a more than $38 million contract this month. The company received a $443 million contract last year for design and related support work, according to the Day. The Navy awarded a $90 million contract to Advanced Information Systems, another General Dynamics subsidiary, for development and support for weapons control systems for the converted submarines. U.S. defense contractor Northrop Grumman was awarded a contract worth more than $34 million to develop a prototype of a Multiple All-Up-Round Canister for the converted submarines. The canister is an insert for the submarine’s ballistic missile tubes, which will each hold seven conventional missiles when converted, the Day reported. Under the conversion plan, two of the Ohio-class submarines — the USS Florida and the USS Georgia — are set to be converted at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Virginia. The USS Ohio and the USS Michigan will be converted at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Washington (see GSN, Oct. 2; Robert Hamilton, Day.com, Dec. 18).
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