The U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class is the world’s best attack submarine. It blends the lethality of the Seawolf with revolutionary adaptability. -Its five key advantages are: versatility in both deep oceans and coastal waters;

A Virginia-class attack submarine is in port in Australia for the second maintenance period of a nuclear-powered boat on foreign soil. USS Vermont (SSN-792) pulled into HMAS Stirling on Wednesday for the maintenance overhaul,

America's dominance beneath the waves grows as its newest nuclear submarine completed its initial sea trials and prepares for active deployment.

Electric Boat is producing Virginia class submarines, which now cost more than $4 billion a ship; they are unmatched in technology and are at the front line of U.S. defense.

Electric Boat's progress in building the Utah submarine was celebrated in a christening ceremony last Saturday at the company's shipyard in Groton. The Utah comprises the 28th vessel in the Virginia class of fast-attack submarines, and it will be the 14th boat in the class delivered by Electric Boat.

The multi-year deal to buy 15 nuclear submarines for the U.S. Navy that has been delayed by negotiations over ballooning costs of labor and material could be wrapped up by the end of the year, HII officials said during a Thursday earnings call.

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 sheer numbers this past summer. Admirals, U.S ...

Earlier this month, Huntington Ingalls Industries announced its Newport News Shipbuilding division had completed initial sea trials for the Virginia-class attack submarine Massachusetts (SSN 798), following testing of key systems at sea ahead of delivery to the U.

Australia has begun more complex in-country maintenance work on a US Navy (USN) Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN), the Australian Department

The latest Virginia-class submarine built by General Dynamics Electric Boat was at the center of attention at a ceremony in Groton Saturday morning.Leaders from

Four years after its launch, the AUKUS pact has cleared a major political hurdle with President Trump’s endorsement of the plan to transfer Virginia-class submarines to Australia. -This move solidifies the alliance’s implicit goal of locking in a U.