EB plans to hire 8K workers this year and 8K next year

24 Mar 2026


Economic Development, Military

Electric Boat's president said Monday that the shipyard will be ramping up hiring by 8,000 both this year and next year as it continues to build capacity to deliver submarines at a faster rate.

"We are planning to keep this pipeline moving at about this pace for the next couple of years because we do need a lot of capacity," said Mark Rayha, EB's president, during a Legislative Breakfast attended by about 100 invited guests at the Mystic Marriott.

The Day reported last month that EB was planning to increase hiring from about 3,000 last year to 8,000 this year, but this was the first indication that the company was planning job growth at about the same pace in 2027 as well.

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