Virginia Class Submarine

Equipped with MK48 heavy torpedoes and Tomahawk cruise missiles, fast-attack subs like the Virginia-class can rain terror on an adversary fleet.

It doesn’t really matter if the Block V submarines are slated to have more firepower. The crucial issue is that they aren’t going to be available when they are needed.

The United States Navy’s Virginia-class fast attack submarines program is now running nearly three years behind schedule, while it has been projected to cost more than $17 billion over the planned budget through the decade’s end....

The lead vessel of the United States Navy’s class of fast battleship, USS Iowa (BB-61) underwent much-needed TLC in the spring of 2024—although plans for the ship’s relocation at the Port of Los Angeles...

America is in a shipbuilding crisis. The Navy has all these grand ambitions for building new platforms, whether the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers or the Virginia-class attack submarines. Yet,...

Earlier this month, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) released findings from an investigation determining that Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro violated the Hatch Act in January....

Summary and Key Points: The Virginia-class submarines were developed as a more cost-effective alternative to the expensive Seawolf-class, with the Block V variant designed to address the growing missile gap...

Virginia Block I-class submarine: The Ultimate Guide – Over its decades in service, the U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class submarines have proven to be a versatile and reliable design with room for growth....

Block V Virginia-class submarines are being built in Groton, Connecticut. Many more Block V’s have been ordered and will be built shortly. Block V offers a number of upgrades from...

Meet the Virginia-class submarine: As tensions between Washington and Beijing continue to rise, the U.S. Navy’s fleet of submarines will become more prominent in America’s sea-based defense apparatus. Just a few days ago,...

A report from the Congressional Research Service, a non-partisan public policy research institute that reports to Congress, recently released a report on the U.S. Navy’s upcoming class of attack submarines, tentatively...

The U.S. Navy’s requests for submarines have for many years exceeded the service’s inventory, particularly in the Pacific. However, the U.S. Navy, Congress, and industry partners are accelerating an effort...