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Read more about the article State-of-the-Art Simulator Prepares District of Columbia Crew for its Mission
A training session in the Columbia Ship Control Operator Trainer, or CSCOT, at the Groton shipyard. The screens are obscured for security purposes.

State-of-the-Art Simulator Prepares District of Columbia Crew for its Mission

As construction of the District of Columbia (SSBN 826) continues apace in EB’s South Yard Assembly Building, the sailors who will soon be at the controls are spending hours in…

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Read more about the article Groundbreaking Ceremony Marks Start of USS Groton Sail Monument
Ray Gabriel, EB vice president of strategic operations and a former Groton-based submarine officer, speaks at the groundbreaking of the USS Groton Sail Monument Oct. 9. Seated to his left are U.S. Navy Ret. Rear Adm. John Padgett, chair of USS Groton Sail Foundation; Capt. Craig Litty, commanding officer of the Naval Submarine Base; Steve Ricard, base commander of the United States Submarine Veterans Incorporated Groton Base; U.S. Rep Joe Courtney, D-2nd District; and Tony Joyce, president and CEO of Chelsea Groton Bank.

Groundbreaking Ceremony Marks Start of USS Groton Sail Monument

Fifty years after the USS Groton (SSN‑694) first launched, dozens gathered outside the Groton Public Library Oct. 9 to celebrate the groundbreaking of the USS Groton Sail Monument. The $6.6…

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Read more about the article Quonset Point Donation Will Help Keep Mystic Aquarium’s Belugas Cool
From left, EB’s Chris Logan and Russ Tatro admire Juno, one of the Mystic Aquarium’s beluga whales. Alongside are Keith Sorensen, the aquarium’s senior vice president of facilities and capital projects; Eric Bemont, senior director of facilities; and Rob Gray, senior HVAC technician.

Quonset Point Donation Will Help Keep Mystic Aquarium’s Belugas Cool

Juno, the Mystic Aquarium’s convivial, photo-bombing Beluga whale, will continue swimming in cool comfort thanks to an unlikely chain of events that began 40 miles east in an Electric Boat…

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Read more about the article EB Team Visits Hypertherm as Part of Drive Toward Modern, Efficient Shipbuilding
From left, Hypertherm’s Gordon Snyder, Electric Boat welders Joseph Raymond and Kiari Barrientos, and Aaron Berta, EB manager of Operations Steel Trades. (Photo courtesy Hypertherm Associates)

EB Team Visits Hypertherm as Part of Drive Toward Modern, Efficient Shipbuilding

A team from Groton and Quonset Point headed to New Hampshire-based Hypertherm Associates this week to get a closer look at a modern automated plasma gouging process designed to streamline…

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