Key Points and Summary - The U.S. Navy's upcoming Virginia-class Block VI submarines represent a significant leap in undersea warfare, designed to ensure continued maritime dominance. -The centerpiece ...

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 Navy is evaluating whether it can add 28 more Tomahawk missiles to each Virginia-class submarine sooner than expected, service leaders said. The service plans to begin production of what's called ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While all of the Navy’s Virginia-class submarines are capable and formidable, the new Block IV iterations are particularly dominant in the waters. Both USS Idaho and USS Massachusetts are of the Block ...

Submarines have quietly become some of the most powerful weapons in modern naval warfare.

The keel was laid this week for the future USS Barb, the 31st Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, as the Navy continues to transition away from dependence on the Cold War-era Los ...