U.S. Navy’s Virginia Class Submarines To Get 76% More Firepower
The Virginia Class submarine is already heavily armed. Each boat can carry up to 37 ...
15 Jul 2021
The Virginia Class submarine is already heavily armed. Each boat can carry up to 37 ...
01 Mar 2023
Secretary of the U.S. Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced during the U.S. Naval Academy’s Submarine Officer Selectee Dinner that future Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine SSN-808 will be named USS John H. Dalton (SSN 808).
27 Jan 2023
Austal announced that it has been awarded a time and material (T&M) contract by General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) for structural assembly fabrication in support of the US Navy Virginia Class submarine program.
13 Dec 2022
General Dynamics Electric Boat held a keel-authentication ceremony for the 30th Virginia-class submarine, the future USS Arizona on Dec. 7, 2022.
21 Nov 2022
On November 19, 2022, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) hosted a keel authentication ceremony for Virginia-class submarine Arkansas (SSN 800).
07 Oct 2022
General Dynamics Electric Boat announced a new contract modification worth around half a billion dollars with the U.S. Navy for providing support to the Virginia-class submarines.
26 Jun 2022
The U.S. Navy commissioned its twenty-first Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Montana (SSN 794) in a ceremony held Saturday, June 25, at Naval station Norfolk.
28 May 2022
The U.S. Navy commissioned the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Oregon (SSN 793) in a traditional ceremony held Saturday, May 28, at Naval Submarine Base New London.
29 Apr 2022
Huntington Ingalls announced on 28 April that Virginia-class submarine New Jersey (SSN 796) was recently launched into the James River at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division.
15 Mar 2022
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), America’s largest shipbuilder and leading provider of mission-driven defense technologies, on Saturday (Mar. 12) delivered the newest Virginia-class fast-attack submarine to the U.S. Navy.