The U.S. Navy added a new fast-attack submarine to its fleet when it commissioned USS Massachusetts in Boston, bringing the ...

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 ...

Following news of Australia acquiring used Virginia-class submarines from the US, AUKUS has been in the headlines again, but ...

Sailors man the rails during a commissioning ceremony for the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Idaho at Naval Submarine Base New London, Connecticut, on April 25, 2026. (John Narewski/U.S.

Virginia-class submarine program. The Navy has been procuring Virginia (SSN-774) class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) since FY1998, and a total of 41 have been procured through FY2025. From ...

The keel was laid this week for the future USS Barb, the 31st Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, as the Navy continues to transition away from dependence on the Cold War-era Los ...

The U.S. Navy is betting $63 billion over the next decade on 10 Virginia-class attack submarines, several of which will carry a new hull section engineered to launch hypersonic missiles and dozens of ...

Lockheed Martin (LMT) on Monday said it was selected as the preferred combat systems integrator for Australia’s future fleet of Virginia-class submarines, marking another step in the AUKUS security ...

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 ...