BREMERTON, Wash. — The Navy officially has a new “backbone” of its submarine fleet that is bigger, faster, quieter, and has more endurance and firepower than the Vietnam War-era design it passed by in ...

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 ...

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 ...

The future Virginia-class attack submarine USS Arkansas was christened Saturday in Newport News, Va. The ship’s sponsors are the Little Rock Nine, Black students who desegregated all-white Little Rock ...

The Virginia-class submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) heads up the Thames River toward Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton. Credit: U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Joshua Karsten CT Mirror ...

HII (NYSE: HII) reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has delivered the Virginia-class fast-attack nuclear ...

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 ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Nov. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has delivered Virginia -class fast-attack submarine Massachusetts (SSN ...

Although the SSN(X) series will elevate US naval capabilities, the Virginia submarines should not be discounted. The US Navy’s recently proposed Fiscal Year 2025 budget has deferred the procurement of ...

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 ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division has delivered the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine ...