Navy, shipbuilders sign block buy contract for six Va.-class subs

Navy officials on Aug. 14 announced that Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics have been awarded an $8.7 billion block-buy contract for the construction of six Virginia-class submarines between 2003 and 2007. The contract allows the Navy to execute a contract option beginning in 2004 if Congress...

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