The British Royal Navy's Astute-class submarines may now outshine the U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class subs, raising questions about the American naval shipbuilding trajectory.
The U.S. Navy faces a critical shortage of submarines amid increasing global threats, particularly from rivals equipped with ...
The U.S. Navy plans to retire its four Ohio-class SSGN submarines by 2028, removing a critical multi-mission asset.
The USS Washington (SSN-787), a Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, was awarded the prestigious Presidential Unit Citation ...
General Dynamics Corp.’s GD business unit, Electric Boat, recently clinched a modification contract to provide long lead time material for supporting the Virginia Class Block VI submarines.
Virginia-class submarine program. The Navy has been procuring Virginia (SSN-774) class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) since FY1998, and a total of 40 have been procured through FY2024.
One of the key provisions in the Australia-U.S.-U.K. (AUKUS) agreement is for America to sell Australia between three and five Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarines beginning in 2032.
A date for the keel-laying ceremony, the symbolic start of construction for any ship or submarine, has yet to be announced by the military. The new state-of-the-art, Virginia-class attack ...
“It is critical that our submarine programs be on schedule and on budget. The news that the Navy is projected to be an astonishing $17 billion short in the Virginia-class program alone in the ...
The company builds a majority of, and integrates all the equipment in, the combat system of Virginia-class submarines, sustaining and upgrading the system throughout its operational life.