Electric Boat to hire 450 at RI facilityNORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — Officials with submarine maker Electric Boat say the company will add 450 jobs at its Rhode Island facility over the next five years, and spend more than $55 million on new infrastructure as part of the expansion of the Virginia-class nuclear submarine program.
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