HASC Chairman’s Mark Authorizes Second Virginia-class Submarine, Cuts $1B from Delayed Frigate Program
House authorizers added a second Virginia-class submarine in their mark of the Fiscal Year 2025 defense policy bill, a departure…
AUKUS Partners Working Through Reality of Submarine Pact, Officials Say
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – According to the commander of U.S. submarine forces, the Australian-United Kingdom-United States agreement means “more subs…
Navy Doubles Down on Submarine Industrial Base Funding in Unfunded Request
Money to bolster the submarine industrial base is at the top of the Navy’s $2.24 billion unfunded priorities list for…
Attack Sub Boise Overhaul At Risk Under One-Year Continuing Resolution
The long-awaited overhaul of the idle attack submarine USS Boise (SSN-764) is in jeopardy if Congress does not pass a…
Navy Will Ask for 1 Virginia-Class Sub in FY 25 Shipbuilding Budget, Increase Amphib Production
THE PENTAGON – The Navy’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget will ask Congress to fund one Virginia-class attack boat, a…
SECNAV Del Toro to Hold Contractors Accountable for ‘Poor Performance and Misconduct’
SAN DIEGO – Secretary of Navy Carlos Del Toro took a hard line with Department of the Navy suppliers, promising…
Unmanned Systems Key to Australian Navy’s Future, AUKUS, Says Panel
Numerous forward deployed, unmanned, underwater systems “might be the poor man’s version of the nuclear deterrent,” the director general of…
House Members Send Warning to White House Over AUKUS, Attack Submarine Procurement
Lawmakers are warning the Biden administration not to disrupt the procurement plans for the Virginia-class attack boat program, arguing doing…
Report on Virginia-class Attack Submarine Program, AUKUS Proposal
The following is the Oct. 23, 2023, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Virginia (SSN-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and…
Defense Bill Approves $1B for New Amphibious Warship, Blesses Attack Sub Sale to Australia
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congress is backing a Marine proposal to continue the San Antonio-class amphibious warship line with $1 billion…