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, ...

Eight submariners have been awarded the Medal of Honor while serving aboard submarines, but only one was an enlisted man. He ...

There are only two shipyards that build the U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarines: one in Groton, Connecticut, and one in Newport News, Virginia, near my hometown of Norfolk.

The American Virginia-class submarine, USS Washington, has received the highest award given to military units, the ...

The Virginia-class submarines, with their arsenal of torpedoes, missiles, and maneuverability are a key component of America’s submarine force. We lack them. China knows this.

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.

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 ...

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.