GROW THE BUSINESS BASE

We also continued to grow the business base by:

• Investing in the Multi-Class Submarine Production Facility, which consists of three new buildings that will enable NNS to better support the construction and delivery of Virginia - and Columbia -class submarines. NNS broke ground in February 2023 on the first phase of construction. Work on the other two facilities is planned for later this year.

• Continuing construction on the new CVN Assembly Hall designed to boost aircraft carrier production efficiency. The Assembly Hall will total six bays and include a three-story support building.

• Continuing to share our expertise in early Navy studies that will help shape SSN(X), the future attack submarine design to follow the Virginia class.

• Continuing our partnership with the Navy to demonstrate the value of a two-ship aircraft carrier buy for CVN 82 and CVN 83 with three years of advance planning on four-year build cycles.

CVN 80 Ship’s Sponsor and Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky praised our shipbuilders during the August 2022 keellaying event and talked about the similarities between her training and shipbuilding that include endurance, fortitude, consistency and no shortcuts.

Each of our shipbuilders possesses leadership responsibilities, whether they are an engineer, welder or vice president. The final element of the NNSFORWARD Strategy is a culmination of the other four. Lead the Way establishes our collective vision, and it ensures we are aligned and driving our everyday actions to win as one team.

In the Lead the Way category, 2022 priorities included strengthening our health and safety program, renewing our commitment to continuous learning and improvement, and more purposefully connecting to our mission and purpose.

Our success is achieved with safety at the forefront of all that we do. While Newport News Shipbuilding experienced a decline of over 100 injuries compared to 2021, there is significant room for improvement. To maintain a safety focus, Environmental Health and Safety issued more than 300 communications on injury and hazard reduction topics and increased its surveillance activity across the shipyard to mitigate hazards and correct safety deficiencies. These surveillances will continue through the new ObserveNNS app to be launched later this year.