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, ...

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.

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.

The American Virginia-class submarine, USS Washington ... information that creates an acoustic (sonar), thermal, or radar profile of various ships. This allows the creation of a data library ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BAE Systems (LON:BA) has been awarded a $92 million U.S. Navy contract to continue building propulsors for the Virginia-class submarine program.

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.