The following is the Jan. 26, 2026, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Virginia-Class Submarine Program and AUKUS ...

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, ...

Each Block V Virginia-class submarine can carry up to 40 Tomahawk cruise missiles a loadout that pushes an attack boat into the traditional territory of much larger guided-missile submarines. This one ...

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 ...

The keel was laid this week for the future USS Barb, the 31st Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, as the Navy continues to transition away from dependence on the Cold War-era Los ...

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 ...

The U.S. Navy is trying to pull off a difficult trick: replace the retiring Ohio-class guided-missile submarines without ...

The Navy is evaluating whether it can add 28 more Tomahawk missiles to each Virginia-class submarine sooner than expected, service leaders said. The service plans to begin production of what's called ...

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) recently stated that its Newport News Shipbuilding (“NNS”) division has delivered the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine Massachusetts (SSN 798) to the U.S. Navy.

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 ...