On October 3, 2023, the Secretary of the U.S. Navy Carlos Del Toro announced that the future Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine SSN 810 will be named USS San Francisco.
On September 27, 2023, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced that they had completed construction of the Virginia-class Arkansas (S-800) submarine pressure hull.
United States Navy submarine USS North Carolina (SSN 777) has arrived in Perth, Western Australia for a scheduled port visit as part of routine patrols in the Indo-Pacific region.
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.