# Navy Awards Anduril $2.9B Maryland Submarine Contract

On October 6, 2026, the U.S. Navy announced a contract valued at up to $2.9 billion for Anduril Industries to manufacture Virginia-class submarine components at its planned Arsenal-2 facility at Tradepoint Atlantic in Sparrows Point, Maryland. Anduril plans to invest $3.7 billion in the approximately two-million-square-foot shipyard, with initial operations targeted for 2030. Production is expected to start with components such as torpedo tubes and later expand to larger sections, supporting efforts to increase submarine-industrial-base capacity. The announcement identifies no open solicitation, contract number, procurement contact, or supplier schedule.

- **Why this matters:** The project signals potential demand for submarine components, manufacturing equipment, materials handling, inspection, shipyard construction, and workforce development, but does not itself provide an open bidding opportunity.
- Suppliers can assess relevant production capabilities and potential subcontracting or supply-chain roles as the facility and production plans develop; no specific qualification process is identified in the signals.
- Maryland and Baltimore County have announced matching investment support of up to approximately $481 million, subject to approval by the Maryland General Assembly and Baltimore County Council.
- One report cites an intention for up to $21 billion in future Navy purchases after the facility is operating; the timeframe and procurement details are not specified.

**Jurisdictions:** federal, sled
**Industries:** Defense & Military, Construction & Infrastructure
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding
**Published:** October 07, 2026

### Government Entities
- United States Navy (U.S. Navy)
- State of Maryland
- Baltimore County
- Maryland General Assembly

### Vendors
- Anduril Industries (Awardee and planned shipyard developer and submarine-component manufacturer)
- General Dynamics Electric Boat (Planned final module outfitting, assembly, testing, and delivery provider)
- Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding (Planned final module outfitting, assembly, testing, and delivery provider)

### Key Quotes
> Our goal here is to be a critical and hopefully over time, much larger and growing part of the supply chain for our lead shipbuilders
> — Christian Brose, President of Anduril Industries

> America already knows how to build the best submarines in the world. The challenge now is to build the industrial depth required to produce more of them and sustain that advantage for decades.
> — Brian Schimpf, CEO of Anduril Industries

> With this facility, thousands of Marylanders will have new pathways to work, wages, and wealth through advanced training and high-skilled maritime manufacturing jobs.
> — Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland

### Sources
- [A defense contract in Maryland . https://t.co/g2L1590K3Z](https://x.com/SuzetteCumberl1/status/2107564582843847064) - twitter-defense
- [Trump announces $6.6B US investment with Anduril for Baltimore sub facility - AOL](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-announce-6-6b-us-141613000.html) - AOL.com
- [Donald Trump Jr’s investment firm became a stakeholder in a military contractor last year.

Trump’s “Department of War” just gave them a $2.9 billion contract — their largest new hardware manufacturing contract.

FYI, this is what corruption looks like.
https://t.co/vXKjGstxP0](https://x.com/DarrigoMelanie/status/2107542406954643853) - twitter-defense