# BAE Systems to produce payload tubes for Virginia-class submarines

BAE Systems received a contract from General Dynamics Electric Boat to produce two sets of four payload tubes each for the Virginia Payload Modules on submarines SSN 804 and SSN 805. Work will be performed in Louisville, Kentucky with deliveries starting in 2020.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2018-06-11
- Where: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
- Status: announced
- Products: payload tubes, Virginia Payload Module
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [BAE Systems](https://endata.com/companies/4538.md)
- [General Dynamics Electric Boat](https://endata.com/companies/5313.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [ukdefencejournal.org.uk](https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/bae-systems-to-provide-additional-payload-tubes-for-new-virginia-class-subs/), 2018-06-11: "The Virginia Payload Module is critical to the Navy’s undersea presence."

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