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 ...

Summary and Key Ideas: The U.S. Navy's Virginia-class attack submarines are considered the best in the world due to their advanced undersea technologies, computing, and firepower, especially in Block ...

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. From ...

In this Tuesday, July 1, 2014 photo, a missile hatch for a Virginia class nuclear powered submarine is worked on by Electric Boat employees at the company's Quonset Point facility, in North Kingstown, ...

Virginia-Class: The Quiet Backbone of U.S. Sea Power Key Points and Summary -The Virginia-class was conceived to replace aging Los Angeles-class subs with a quieter, more versatile boat the Navy could ...

Rear Adm. Ken Perry, USN Ret., vice president for product integration and concept development at General Dynamics Electric Boat, discusses Virginia-class submarine production, the status of the ...

Constructing Virginia-class submarines like the USS Massachusetts showcases both the excellence in American engineering and the underlying, fundamental weaknesses in America’s shipyards.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The Virginia-class submarine Arkansas (SSN 800) was launched into the James River by HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division, the company announced Monday. The submarine was ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (WAVY) — The commander of U.S. Fleet Forces, Adm. Daryl Caudle based at Naval Station Norfolk, testified Thursday before the Senate Armed Services Committee in his confirmation process to ...