General Dynamics Electric Boat has brought on 6,000 new shipbuilders in 2026 and is on pace to hire a total of 8,000 new workers to support submarine production by the end of the year, General Dynamics President Danny Deep said today during a quarterly earnings call. Electric Boat, which builds both Columbia-class and Virginia-class submarines in conjunction with HII, set the 8,000-worker hiring target at the start of calendar year 2026 in a bid…