A family-owned shipyard in south Mobile County will build portions of Navy ships under construction at Austal USA in Mobile.
The new facilities are expected to quickly build components for Virginia- and Columbia-class submarines.
It is hoped that three “advanced manufacturing” facilities will overcome the long slump in US submarine construction.
AML3D has received a AU$2.61 million ($1.8m) contract to manufacture five replacement components for US Navy submarines.