Each Block V Virginia-class submarine can carry up to 40 Tomahawk cruise missiles a loadout that pushes an attack boat into the traditional territory of much larger guided-missile submarines. This one ...

The difficulty with the Virginia-class in the modern shipbuilding business is that it does not always completely re-invent its hull, but instead varies the cargo it can transport and the cargoes it ...

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 ...

Russia’s Kilo-class and Yasen-class submarines are likely considered as a massive, high-tech threat by the Pentagon and China’s growing fleet of Jin-class ballistic missile submarines are acquiring ...

The U.S. Navy’s newest stealth submarine isn’t just quieter, it’s smarter. The USS Massachusetts (SSN-798), part of the Virginia-class Block V line, completed trials this year and represents a major ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rendering of Block V Virginia-class submarine with Virginia Payload Module. General Dynamics Electric Boat Image The multi-year deal to buy 15 nuclear submarines for the U.S. Navy that has been ...

The US Navy is widely regarded for its global undersea superiority, a distinction which the service is intensely working to preserve through extensive modernization and submarine production. Today’s ...

Representing the Navy’s latest undersea warfare platform, the Virginia-class is hard to beat. From payload and speed to low acoustic signature and versatility, these submarines play a critical role in ...

Huntington Ingalls Industries HII recently stated that it has signed a contract with Babcock International Group that expands its partnership to further enhance Virginia-class submarine construction ...

HII announced that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has reached a significant construction milestone for Virginia-class submarine Oklahoma (SSN 802). Oklahoma is now “pressure hull complete,” ...