Groton submarine maker Electric Boat says it will lay off 65 workers in October, The Associated Press reports.
Spokesman Robert Hamilton said Tuesday the company regularly reviews its work force requirements. He says Electric Boat informed workers on Monday.
It’s the second layoff notice in as many months. The subsidiary of General Dynamics Corp. said in July it plans to ax 104 employees due to a projected softening of the workload for carpenters, machinists and pipefitters.
Electric Boat, which is the U.S. Navy’s primary contractor for submarines, said in early July it’s hiring hundreds of employees and putting up buildings as it increases production of fast-attack submarines and ramps up design work for ballistic missile vessels.
It employs more than 10,000 workers at Groton and Quonset Point, R.I.
