The Virginia Class attack submarine is the U.S. Navy’s newest ... As part of the Virginia-class’ third, or Block III, contract, the Navy redesigned approximately 20 percent of the ship to ...

USS Arkansas will be the 27th Virginia-class submarine, and the eighth within Block IV of the class to be commissioned, with only the USS Iowa and the USS Utah to be commissioned. Virginia-class ...

There are three operational classes of attack submarines ... the Virginia-class proved it would likely be a significant deterrent for invasion. The initial Block 1 and 2 subs are 377 feet ...

Our nuclear submarine fleet is in big trouble. Production and repairs are backlogged. We can't even manufacture two per year ...

1) The U.S. Navy’s SSN(X) program has been pushed back past the year 2035, is shaping up to be a $6.2 billion boondoggle, and therefore might not survive the budgetary chopping block 2 ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — The Navy is getting an early Christmas present as the construction of the Virginia-class submarine Arkansas at Newport News Shipbuilding is now complete. Stretching more ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Dec. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE: HII) today christened Virginia-class submarine Arkansas (SSN 800) at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Dec. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE: HII) today christened Virginia-class submarine Arkansas (SSN 800) at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division. “Today we ...