America’s Virginia-class submarines are the backbone of U.S. undersea warfare — fast, stealthy, nuclear-powered attack subs ...
The Virginia-class attack submarine program was supposed to deliver two boats a year. Instead, production is stuck around 1.2 ...
In this Tuesday, July 1, 2014 photo, a missile hatch for a Virginia class nuclear powered submarine is worked on by Electric Boat employees at the company's Quonset Point facility, in North Kingstown, ...
BREMERTON, Wash. — The Navy officially has a new “backbone” of its submarine fleet that is bigger, faster, quieter, and has more endurance and firepower than the Vietnam War-era design it passed by in ...
Newport News Shipbuilding and General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) are readying a nuclear submarine for delivery to the U.S. Navy. Christened in May 2023, the Virginia-class attack sub USS ...
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division has delivered the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine Massachusetts (SSN 798) to the U.S. Navy.
Reports indicate that the US Navy’s new Virginia-class submarines will be equipped to launch hypersonic missiles, significantly enhancing America’s deterrence capabilities. When it comes to the US ...
Although the SSN(X) series will elevate US naval capabilities, the Virginia submarines should not be discounted. The US Navy’s recently proposed Fiscal Year 2025 budget has deferred the procurement of ...
A Virginia-class attack submarine is in port in Australia for the second maintenance period of a nuclear-powered boat on foreign soil. USS Vermont (SSN-792) pulled into HMAS Stirling on Wednesday for ...