Women to Serve on Dutch Submarines
The Netherlands plans to allow women to serve aboard the country’s attack submarines, Royal Netherlands Navy top submariner, said this…
Document: Rep. Randy Forbes Speech to D.C. Area Submarine Association
The following is the text of an April 10, 2015 speech given by Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) at the D.C. Area…
Document: Australian Submarine Acquisition Strategy
The following is a Feb. 20, 2015 statement from the Australian Ministry on Defence on the country’s acquisition strategy for…
Reports: Vietnam Receives Third Kilo Attack Boat
The third Project-636 Kilo-class has arrived in Vietnam, marking the halfway point in the Vietnamese Navy’s planned six boat, $1.8…
U.S. Navy: Enlisted Females to Serve on Subs Starting in 2016
The Navy has released the outline for its plan to have enlisted women serve onboard submarines starting in 2016.…
Document: Navy Outline for Female Enlisted Integration into U.S. Sub Force
The following is the NAVADMIN message, released on Jan. 21 2015, outlining the plan to integrate enlisted female sailors onto…
Swedes Call Off Search For Mystery Submarine
The Swedish Navy has called off a week-long search for a suspected submersible in Swedish territorial waters after an assessment,…
Navy Starting Work on New SSN(X) Nuclear Attack Submarine
The U.S. Navy is starting early preparation work to design a new nuclear attack submarine to replace the Virginia-class boats…
NAVSEA: Sequestration Cuts Have Caused ‘Significant’ Backlog in Submarine Maintenance
The U.S. Navy’s fleet of nuclear submarines is experiencing “significant” maintenance delays as a result of ongoing mandatory sequestration cuts…
Swedes Could be Searching for Covert Russian Midget Sub
The mystery submersible spotted in Swedish waters near Stockholm on Friday could be one of a handful of Soviet-era midget…