Trump To Unveil Anduril Deal, Bringing Submarine Parts Factory To Baltimore

What happened: Anduril Industries won a $2.9 billion US Navy contract to make components for Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarines at Tradepoint Atlantic in Baltimore, the former Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point site. Why it matters: Anduril Chief Strategy Officer Christian Brose said the maritime and submarine industrial base must grow to produce more submarines. Maryland and Baltimore County are expected to provide hundreds of millions in tax subsidies. Palmer Luckey called a Wall Street Journal report that the site would make drone boats false.

Trump's Anduril deal adds submarine parts factory, signaling defense manufacturing expansion.

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