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Quonset Point Overview

MAY 2011

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POINT SECURITY DEPARTMENT.

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CAROL G. PICARD

FACILITY SECURITY OFFICER

REFERENCE: 401-268-2381

SUPSHIPS LETTER OF 5/04/11

SER 190/1465

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Module 1-2A

Module 8-9

Module 6-7

Module 2B-5

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Leased and owned property 125 acres

Nine Buildings 1.45 M Square Feet

Planned

Bay 4

ELECTRIC BOAT Quonset Point Facility

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1995 2000 1990 1980 1985 1970

Quonset Point Strategic Initiatives - Prior to VIRGINIA Class

Quonset Point Open Automated Frame and

Cylinder

For Official Use Only

USS OHIO Class

Cylinder Population

USS SEAWOLF Class

Heavy Plate Forming

Heavy Plate Forming

USS VIRGINIA Class

Blast and Paint

USS LOS ANGELES Class

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2001 2003 2005 2006 2010 2011

Quonset Point Strategic Initiatives - Completed & Planned

Electrical Shop New Warehouse

Steel Processing Pipe Shop Modernization AFC Refurbishment

New Clad Cell

Bay 4 Light Metal Fabrication

2012

New Paint Cell

For Official Use Only

Coatings Facility

Transporters

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Business Metrics for Manufacturing Excellence

Schedule

Quality

Cost

Continuous Improvement

Safety • OHSAS 18001

• ISO 14001

• ISO 9001

• >99% UT and RT first pass

acceptance rate

• Six sigma

• Lean manufacturing

• ARTEMIS

• Earned Value Management

System (EVMS)

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Employee Development

Welding Booths

Trade Training Mockup Area

• Degrees available through New England Institute

of Technology

• Open to all hourly employees

• Opportunity to learn four core trades

• Increased earning potential and enhanced future

growth

• Opportunity to earn an Associates Degree

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Automated Frame Cylinder (AFC) Fabrication Facility

Stack and wrap 300 people AFC 25 people

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Quonset Point Manufacturing

Plate Forming Automated Frame &

Cylinder Fabrication

Piping Piping Packages Precision Machining Light Metal Fabrication

Steel Processing

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Modular Construction 1-3-8 Rule

10

1

3 8

Shop Floor

On Module

On Hull

For Official Use Only

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QP Modular Construction

Design-Build Teams Off-Hull Manufacturing

and Fixtures

Accuracy Control Major Modules 95% Populated

For Official Use Only

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QP Modular Outfitting

1 2

3 3 4

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Modular Construction and Testing- CCSM Deck

• Deck structurally

fabricated in shop

• Deck outfitted in modular

construction area

• Testing accomplished in

COATS facility

• Installation in hull

accomplished after

fabrication, outfitting, and

testing is complete

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