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Status of Trident and SSN-688 Submarine Construction

MASAD-83-10 Published: Feb 28, 1983. Publicly Released: Feb 28, 1983.
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GAO reviewed the major issues concerning the status of submarine construction at the General Dynamics Corporation's Electric Boat Division. Electric Boat is the designer and sole builder of the Trident class ballistic missile submarine and is one of the two builders of the SSN-688 Los Angeles class attack submarine.

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Construction contractsContract modificationsCost overrunsDepartment of Defense contractorsNaval procurementProductivity in governmentSchedule slippagesSubmarinesSocial security numbersMilitary forces