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Executives at General Dynamics’s Electric Boat and HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding have said they don’t know when contracts might come through.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
The retired admiral and the naval analyst told me the shipyard in Newport News, Virginia, is the only one capable of building a boat this big.
From Slate • Dec. 23, 2025
Connecticut hosts General Dynamics’ Electric Boat plant, which makes submarines that carry ballistic missiles, while Virginia is home to HII Corporation’s Newport News Shipbuilding facility, which makes both aircraft carriers and attack submarines.
From Salon • Jul. 3, 2025
Zwerner gave a round of local media interviews before the Jan. 6 anniversary of the shooting at Richneck Elementary in Newport News.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2024
On top of that, the city offered to pay three hundred dollars per child for Connie and Kathy to continue to attend the Colored high school in Newport News.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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