Bill Houston said the service is planning for a Block VIII Virginia-class submarine that will extend the program into the ...

These two manufacturers have built all 21 Virginia-class submarines in service today, as they are the only shipyards of their kind able to build nuclear-powered SSNs. Earlier Virginia-class ...

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, ...

"We're really experiencing the outcomes of delaying decisions to recapitalize the nuclear triad that happened over a number of years," said Shelby Oakley.

Russia's Borei-class submarines represent a formidable advancement in nuclear-powered submarine technology. Equipped with the ...

Fewer than two dozen shipyard workers are responsible for suspicious welds that were discovered on aircraft carriers and ...

Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced this week that the Navy will build a Virginia-class attack submarine that will be known as the Atlanta. It wasn’t immediately clear when the construction ...

When I was a midshipman deployed aboard the USS Norfolk — a Los Angeles-class attack submarine stationed in its namesake city — for summer training in 1985, little did I and many other ...

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.

The 17th Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine was commissioned on February ... world order if they can channel their vision and build synergies in bilateral and multilateral forums.

The Louisville site also builds the Virginia Payload Module launch tubes, which enable Virginia-Class submarines to fire Tomahawk missiles and future payloads. As the company continues its ...