Leonardo DRS to open $120 million facility for Columbia component assembly

Leonardo DRS to open $120 million facility for Columbia component assembly

Defense firm Leonardo DRS is poised to cut the ribbon on a new $120 million facility in South Carolina that will soon begin assembling propulsion equipment for the Columbia-class submarine program in a bid to add highly sought-after capacity to the pained submarine industrial base. The company is the sole producer of electric drive propulsion system components for the Columbia program, which it builds primarily in facilities on the East Coast. N…