Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy's Virginia-class submarines are facing significant production delays, with reports indicating that construction is running about three years behind schedule ...

The Virginia Class attack submarine is the U.S. Navy’s newest undersea warfare platform and incorporates the latest in stealth, intelligence gathering and weapons systems technology. Attack ...

Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class submarine program is $17 billion over budget, and with only two new subs projected per year, the Navy is struggling to meet its growing demand.

Silently cruising beneath the waves, the Virginia-class attack submarines of the U.S. Navy only reveal themselves when they return to port—or when they unleash their arsenal of cruise missiles ...

Prior to the development of the "Block-V" Virginia-class submarine, the newest class of attack submarine in the United States Navy was the Seawolf-class. These were built after the Cold War with ...

The 24 th Virginia-class submarine was produced by General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), the 13 th vessel in the class made by GDEB, with HII-Newport News Shipbuilding supplying the others on a ...

The Virginia-class attack submarines, meanwhile, are the General Electric (GE)-provided pressure water reactor S9G which is “designed to last as long as the submarine, two turbine engines with ...

A member of the crew's first watch comes onboard during the commissioning commemoration ceremony for the Virginia-Class submarine USS Delaware at the Port of Wilmington in Wilmington, Delaware ...

14, culminating five years of construction that represents a historic shift in how Navy submarines are designed. The New Jersey is the 23rd Virginia-class submarine, but it is the first of its ...

Per the terms of the deal, General Dynamics will provide lead yard support, conduct development studies and design efforts related to Virginia Class submarines. Most work related to this deal will ...