There's no strike at submarine builder Electric Boat in Connecticut as the union for about 2,500 designers has tentatively agreed to a new contract.

The deal was made after a number of contract talks in recent weeks between Electric Boat and the UAW union, which represents the marine drafters.

General Dynamics Electric Boat and the leadership of the shipyard’s approximately 2,500-member white-collar draftsman union came to a tentative agreement Sunday night, preventing a strike at the shipyards that produce submarines for the U.