The vast Pacific Ocean conceals one of America’s most advanced strategic assets: the Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine.

The U.S. will sell Australia three in-service Virginia-class submarines, pivoting from the planned acquisition of one new and ...

The vast expanse of the Indo-Pacific has become the theater for one of the most significant naval partnerships in modern ...

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

Australia will only buy second-hand Virginia nuclear-powered submarines from the US during the AUKUS stopgap phase, with some ...

The US Navy’s new Block IV submarines are particularly dominant in the waters. The greatest improvement incorporated into the Block IV batch is the Virginia Payload Module (VPM). With this add-on in ...

The deal will cost Australia $368bn but the strongest signal yet has come that the US is not building enough subs for itself, let alone for Australia ...

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 ...

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) recently stated that its Newport News Shipbuilding (“NNS”) division has delivered the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine Massachusetts (SSN 798) to the U.S. Navy.

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.