The Submarine Industrial Base — Electric Boat's Hiring Surge and What It Signals

Electric Boat is in the largest hiring expansion of its modern history — 25,000 current employees, 8,000 planned hires in 2026 — driven by the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine and Block VI Virginia-class production. The first Columbia is now ~60% complete. Marine Systems candidates need to walk in fluent in the program math, the workforce challenge, and the safety culture.