Long-Range Ship Plan: Navy to Pursue Block Buys for DDGs in 2018, SSNs in 2019
The Navy told Congress it would pursue a 10-ship multiyear procurement contract for its Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in…
Document: Report to Congress on Virginia-Class Submarine Procurement
The following is the March 26, 2015 Congressional Research Service Report, Navy Virginia (SSN-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and…
Navy Looking at Accelerating VPM Design to Allow Earlier Production
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Navy is looking into the feasibility of accelerating design and development work on the Virginia Payload…
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.…
Navy Names Attack Boat After Rickover
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus will name the fifth Block IV Virginia-class nuclear attack boat (SSN-774) after the father…
NAVSEA: Investigation Into Third Party Virginia Submarine Components Ongoing
The investigation into suspected third party components used in the U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class attack submarine (SSN-774) program is still ongoing,…
U.S. Attack Boat North Dakota Commissions Following Third Party Vendor Investigation
The first of a new block of U.S. nuclear Virginia-class (SSN-774) attack submarines commissioned on Saturday, after a five-month delay…
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: Submarines Control Systems are at Risk for Cyber Attack
This story has been updated from a previous post to amend comments made by Naval Sea Systems commander, Vice Adm. William Hilarides,…
Russia Playing Politics With Alleged Submarine Confrontations
CORRECTION: This post has been amended to revise the description of the Oyashio-class submarine. A previous version of this post…