The U.S. Navy's "Navigation Plan for America's Warfighting Navy" sets a goal of having 80% of its fleet combat-ready by 2027 to counter China's military buildup. However, delays and budget overruns, ...

Sailors from the new USS Arizona submarine visited the University of Arizona on Veterans Day to tour the battleship memorial ...

Equipped with the advanced Irtysh-Amphora-B-055 sonar system, Borei submarines can detect underwater threats more effectively ...

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 ...

The Navy’s newest Virginia-class, nuclear-powered submarine will launch into service with “USS Atlanta” branded on its side. For the first time in 25 years, hundreds of young sailors with ...

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.

Groton ― Electric Boat has been awarded $1.28 billion in Navy contracts aimed at bolstering the submarine supplier base and procuring components for boats in Block VI of the Virginia-class ...

Courtney’s assessment came a day after General Dynamics’ chairman and chief executive officer, Phebe Novakovic, said EB’s work on Virginia- and Columbia-class submarines would be scaled back ...

General Dynamics CEO Phebe Novakovic said GD Electric Boat work on the Columbia-class nuclear ballistic missile submarines and the Virginia-class nuclear attack boat would slow to keep pace with a ...

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.