The following is the April 6, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Virginia (SSN-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
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Document: Report to Congress on Virginia-Class Attack Submarine Program
The following is the March 22, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Virginia (SSN-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on Virginia-Class Attack Submarine Program
The following is the Oct. 25, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Virginia (SSN-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on Virginia-Class Submarine Program
The following is the May 20, 2016 Congressional Research Service report Navy Virginia (SSN-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
UPDATED: AeroVironment to Supply Blackwing Mini UAVs for Navy Attack, Guided Missile Submarines
Artist’s concept of a U.S. Navy submarines launching a Blackwing UAV. AeroVironment Image
This post has been updated with additional information from AeroVironment.
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Navy has selected the unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturer AeroVironment to supply miniature UAVs for the service’s fleet of attack and guided missile submarines and unmanned underwater vehicles, the company announced on Monday during the Sea-Air-Space 2016 Exposition. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on Virginia-class Submarine Program
This is the April 14, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Virginia (SSN-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on Virginia-Class Submarine Program
The following is the March 31, 2016 Congressional Research Service report Navy Virginia (SSN-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Navy Set to Buy AWESUM Miniature Sub-Launched UAVs
USS Mississippi (SSN-782) conducts alpha trials in the Atlantic Ocean in 2012. US Navy Photo
THE PENTAGON — U.S. attack and guided missile submarine are set to field miniature unmanned aerial vehicles that will act as the eyes and ears not only for the boats below water but also help special operations forces and strike aircraft target weapons, the Navy’s Director of Undersea Warfare told USNI News last week. Read More
Navy Finds Urgency In Staving Off A Sub Shortfall Decades In The Making
North Dakota (SSN 784) sits moored at the graving dock of General Dynamics Electric Boat prior to its christening ceremony in Groton, Conn. on Nov. 2, 2013. US Navy Photo
A spike in demand for the Navy’s attacks submarines, just ahead of a spate of decommissionings and a dip in new SSN construction, is leading the Navy to look at some previously unthinkable measures to mitigate the upcoming shortfall in the fleet. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on Virginia-class Submarine Program
This is the Feb. 12, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Virginia (SSN-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement. Read More
