# BWXT awarded $35M contract for Virginia-class submarine launch tubes

BWXT Nuclear Operations Group has received a $35 million contract from General Dynamics Electric Boat to develop and fabricate Virginia Payload Module launch tubes for Virginia-class submarines. Work will be done at BWXT's Mount Vernon, Indiana facility, adding approximately 120 jobs.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2016-12-27
- Where: Mount Vernon, Indiana, United States
- Value: $35.0M
- Jobs: 120
- Status: announced
- Products: payload module launch tubes
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [BWX Technologies](https://endata.com/companies/3013.md)
- [General Dynamics Electric Boat](https://endata.com/companies/5313.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [bwxt.com](https://www.bwxt.com/bwxt-awarded-35-million-contract-to-develop-and-fabricate-payload-module-launch-tubes-for-virginia-class-submarines/), 2016-12-27: "BWX Technologies, Inc. announced today that its subsidiary BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. has received two competitively bid awards (development and fabrication) under a single contract for Virginia Payload Module (VPM) launch tubes."

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