What You Need to Know Key Points and Summary – Meet the U.S. Navy’s eight Virginia-class Block III fast-attack submarines, a ...

Constructing Virginia-class submarines like the USS Massachusetts showcases both the excellence in American engineering and the underlying, fundamental weaknesses in America’s shipyards.

The Navy has been procuring Virginia-class nuclear powered attack submarines (SSNs) since FY1998. The Navy’s envisaged successor to the Virginia-class design is the Next-Generation Attack Submarine, ...

Representing the Navy’s latest undersea warfare platform, the Virginia-class is hard to beat. From payload and speed to low acoustic signature and versatility, these submarines play a critical role in ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., July 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that Virginia-class submarine Arkansas (SSN 800) was recently launched into the James River at the company’s ...

Groton — In the 1960s, 82-year-old Navy submarine veteran Bob Kirby was part of the crew of USS Entemedor and remembers hopping on the USS Nautilus on a regular basis to get to his New London-based ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., June 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII’s (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division moved another step closer toward delivery of Virginia-class submarine Massachusetts (SSN 798) ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Aug. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- All-domain defense and technologies partner HII (NYSE: HII) shared today that it’s Newport News Shipbuilding division has achieved a significant ...

The future USS IDAHO SSN 799, a Virginia-class, nuclear-powered fast attack submarine currently under construction, celebrated a major milestone last month with the grand opening of its galley.

Australia will spend an initial Aus$12 billion (US$8 billion) to upgrade shipyard facilities for a future fleet of ...

HII announced that Virginia-class submarine Arkansas (SSN 800) was recently launched into the James River at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division. Shipbuilders transferred the ...