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 ...

It doesn’t really matter if the Block V submarines are slated to have more firepower. The crucial issue is that they aren’t going to be available when they are needed. The United States Navy, along ...

The difficulty with the Virginia-class in the modern shipbuilding business is that it does not always completely re-invent ...

A 34-foot Dauntless-class patrol boat assigned to Coastal Riverine Squadron (CRS) 1 transfers supplies to the USS Texas (SSN 775), a Virginia-class fast-attack submarine in the Gulf of Tadjoura. CRS-1 ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., April 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that the Virginia-class shipbuilding team, which includes the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Department of Defense said Tuesday General Dynamics Electric Boat will perform work on the undefinitized contract action in California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois, New Hampshire, South ...

Huntington Ingalls Industries HII recently stated that it has signed a contract with Babcock International Group that expands its partnership to further enhance Virginia-class submarine construction ...