JULY 2005 Hawaii crew undergoes command and control training Personnel assigned to the Hawaii (SSN- 776) engage in a recent training session involving the Command and Control Systems Module. From left are FTCS(SS) Matthew Stewart (IT Division LCPO), ET1(SS) Donnie Thompson, STSCS(SS/DV) Andrew Stedman (SONAR Division LCPO), STS1(SS) Kenneth Noyes and STS2(SS) Louis Diaz. The third ship of the Virginia class, the Hawaii will be delivered by Electric Boat to the Navy in 2007. INSIDE Casey Describes Synergy Between Electric Boat, Submarine Base In Testimony At BRAC Hearing • 2 Patriotic Music CD Helps Support Military Families • 2 “Downsized” Employees Are Winners Earned Hours Program Continues In At Groton, Quonset Point • 7 2005 General Dynamics Awarded $169 Million Contract • 4 lectric Boat management has Essentially, the earned hours measurement Business Development Group Learns announced the continuation of the is a tool that enables the company to track its To “Sell” EB • 5 E Earned Hours Program – an oppor- costs and schedule performance and compare Health Matters • 6 tunity for all employees to share in the com- that with preset objectives. Put another way, Clothing Awards Go To Virginia-Class pany’s financial success that’s now in its sixth the company can measure its progress toward Contributors • 8 year. the annual goal on a month-to-month basis. All-Hands Meeting Focuses On New The basis of the program remains This year’s goal is to reach 19 million Training Organization, Efforts To unchanged. EB leadership has set a challeng- earned hours. Improve Instructional Programs • 8 ing goal for earned hours achieved during Additionally, a stretch goal has been set. If Retirees • 9 2005. If that goal is met, everyone receives the company reaches 19.5 million earned Classified • 10 $500 (minus applicable withholdings). hours, each employee will receive an addi- Service Awards • 11 continued on page 3 Casey Describes Synergy Between Electric Boat, Submarine Base In Testimony At BRAC Hearing lectric Boat President John Casey “It is imperative that we take a careful, long- stressed the importance of keeping term view of the future defense environment E the submarine base in Groton open, and our submarine force structure to ensure describing the combined submarine resources this country maintains its undersea superior- and knowledge located along the Thames ity,” Casey told the BRAC members. ’’It is imperative that we River as unique and irreplaceable. “New operational configurations and tech- Casey was part of a panel of experts who nological innovations need to be evaluated in take a careful, long-term testified in Boston earlier this month at a hear- an environment like we have today in Groton, view of the future ing conducted by the Base Realignment and Conn., with designers, builders and operators Closure Commission (BRAC), which is decid- in close proximity to one another – partners in defense environment and ing whether to shut down the base. a longstanding tradition of undersea excel- our submarine force According to Casey, the nation faces three lence,” he said. critical strategic issues: Additionally, Casey said, the repair work structure to ensure this Electric Boat has performed on Groton-based country maintains its Ǡ Submarine force structure; submarines has translated into savings of about $100 million in overhead costs for new- Ǡ The health and configuration of the ship- undersea superiority.’ ’ construction ships. If the base closes and that building industrial base; and work disappears, those overhead costs would Ǡ The outcomes of the BRAC and Quadren- have to be included in the cost of new ships, nial Defense Review processes. pushing up the price. “I am deathly concerned that our nation will To support the Navy’s requirements and allow our submarine industry to atrophy like national security policies, Electric Boat brings to the United Kingdom did,” Casey told the bear strength in three synergistic business areas BRAC members. “I plead with you – carefully – engineering and design; new construction; and consider the submarine design, construction overhaul and repair. “Each draws from one and life-cycle support capabilities inherent with another to strengthen the whole enterprise,” said Electric Boat, the unique synergy between Casey, explaining that these areas are held Electric Boat and Submarine Base New Lon- together by the three common denominators of don, and the value that this region delivers for people, product and performance. the United States of America.” Patriotic Music CD Helps Support Military Families hrough sponsorship and partici- a way for individuals to show support, Willie Nelson, Montgomery Gentry and pation on its board, General while getting a new music CD in return. Elvis Presley. Patriotic Country 2 is now TDynamics is supporting the “Patriotic Country 2” is a new compila- available at major retailers and online. Armed Services YMCA, a nonprofit tion of well-known patriotic country hits; To get a copy, visit organization that provides services to the proceeds from the sale will benefit the www.patrioticcountry2.com. families of the nation’s military. ASYMCA. Artists featured on the CD This summer, the ASYMCA is offering include Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Jr., 2 I July 2005 I ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS Dan Barrett, Editor Dean R. Courtney, Contributing Editor Terrie Pangilinan, Editorial Assistant Bob Gallo, Earned Hours • Where we Stand Gary Slater, Gary Hall, Photography continued from page 1 Electric Boat News is Essentially, the earned hours tional $250 – or a total of $750. published monthly by the If one or both goals or met, employees Public Affairs Department, measurement is a tool that will receive checks shortly before or after 75 Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340 enables the company to track its the holiday break. One of the key accomplishments Phone (860) 433-8202 costs and schedule performance required to meet the goals is the delivery of Fax (860) 433-8054 and compare that with preset the first SSGN – USS Ohio – in Novem- ber. In the Overhaul and Repair business, Email objectives. the company must complete a Selected [email protected] Restricted Availability on USS Seawolf (SSN-21) by the end of this month, and a Depot Modernization Period on the USS Springfield (SSN-761) in November. To be eligible for the incentives, employ- ees must: ǠWork 1,000 hours during 2005 (exclud- ing absences of any kind). Ǡ Be on the payroll as of Dec. 1, 2005, with the following exceptions: • Employees who retire in 2005 must work at least eight hours in 2005. • Employees laid off in 2005 must work at least 1,000 hours during 2005. ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS I July 2005 I 3 Brad Wall (322), right, provides an overview of the Groton shipyard during a model room tour given to members of the General Dynamics Quality Council. The council gathered at Electric Boat recently to promote quality principles and strategies, and share lessons learned and best practices. At left is Nancy Beckwith (421), EB’s representative on the council. General Dynamics Awarded $169 Million Contract To Build Antennas For Advanced Radio Telescope SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. above sea level. The antennas will work together as CONTRACT eneral Dynamics C4 Systems has been one telescope to provide a spatial resolution 10 ROUNDUP awarded a $169 million contract by times higher than the Hubble Space Telescope. G Associated Universities Inc. (AUI) to Millimeter and submillimeter-wave astronomy is design, manufacture and deliver 25, 12-meter anten- the study of the universe in the spectral region nas for the North American portion of the Ata- between what is traditionally considered radio cama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) project, an waves and infrared radiation. In this realm, ALMA international astronomy facility. ALMA’s primary will study the structure of the early universe and the goal is to provide a radio telescope array that will evolution of galaxies; gather crucial data on the for- allow scientists to observe and image galaxies out mation of stars and planets; and provide new to the edge of the universe, and stars and planets in insights on our own solar system. their formative stages with unprecedented clarity. The first antenna is scheduled for delivery in An international collaborative effort to build and 2007, with final delivery of all the antennas operate the world’s most sensitive millimeter and expected by the end of 2011. Pre-assembly work on submillimeter-wavelength telescope, ALMA ulti- the contract will be done at General Dynamics C4 mately could consist of an array of up to 64 anten- Systems’ Kilgore, Texas, and Duisburg, Germany, nas, and an additional compact array supplied by facilities. Japan, all in Chile’s Atacama Desert, 16,500 feet 4 I July 2005 I ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS Business Development Group Learns To “Sell” EB hen it comes to executing Fletcher said, were a mock business suggestions. highly technical projects – meeting with a potential customer, and “Many of us who are involved in new Wfor example, designing and the review of an EB-specific case study business are familiar with the business building nuclear submarines and other prepared by the seminar’s two instruc- itself, whether new construction or main- products for the U.S. Navy – nobody tors, Babson College professors Abdul tenance, but we are not really trained in does it better than Electric Boat. Ali and David Hennessey. selling and marketing,” Haberlandt con- But when it comes to marketing EB’s "Everybody really dug in and partici- tinued. “The