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The U.S. Navy won’t have its full Virginia-class attack submarine fleet until 2043—and by then, the boats will be 44 years old. China is...
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The U.S. Navy won’t have its full Virginia-class attack submarine fleet until 2043—and by then, the boats will be 44 years old. China is...
Idaho (a name long incorrectly assumed to have been derived from a Shoshone Native American tribe word meaning “gem of the mountains”) is the...
“We built the best submarine ever, and now we can’t replace it. The U.S. Navy has no real solution for this.” That’s how a...
The Undersea Defense Technology (UDT) 2026 conference wrapped up in Scotland this month, and it appears that the AUKUS pact has a new lease...
Meet the Navy’s Newest Virginia-Class Submarine, USS Massachusetts (SSN-798) The U.S. Navy officially welcomed its newest Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine over the past weekend....
The Virginia-Class Submarine: The Spine of the U.S. Navy With a Virginia-class Block VI under development and continued exploration of a much-discussed SSN(X) future...
U.S. Navy Sub Troubles: Why Virginia-Class Submarines Can’t Replace the Los Angeles-Class Fast Enough A growing body of reports and congressional analyses is pointing...
Inside F4: The $2.4 Billion Factory Building the U.S. Navy’s Future Submarines In March 2026, the United States reached a significant milestone in expanding...
The U.S. Navy's SSN(X) attack submarine was supposed to be the most lethal undersea platform ever built — faster, quieter, and deadlier than anything...
Christian D. Orr, former Air Force Security Forces officer, federal law enforcement veteran, and private military contractor, examines whether the Virginia Payload Module —...