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Virginia Class Submarine: General Dynamics
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Under an innovative agreement, General Dynamics Electric Boat is producing the Virginia-class submarines as part of a team effort with Northrop Grumman Newport News. Virginia has improved stealth, sophisticated surveillance capabilities and special warfare enhancements that enable it to meet the Navy's multimission requirements. With a modular design, the Virginia class will be able to accommodate technology upgrades throughout the life of the class.
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The Virginia Class Ship Control System (SCS) provides all the control and monitoring functions for maneuvering and controlling ship dynamic operations. Included in the technology strategy for the SCS is fly-by-wire. Similar to advanced aircraft, fly-by-wire architecture is a control system which relies on redundant electronic data buses operated by a fault tolerant set of processors to control the operator’s commands to the control surfaces actuators. This replaces the past exclusive use of hydraulic controls between the ship control station and control surfaces.
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The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $43.5 million contract modification for research and development work on the Virginia-class submarine program. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).
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