Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN

The Navy’s Virginia Block V packs Ohio-class firepower into a stealth attack sub

Each Block V Virginia-class submarine can carry up to 40 Tomahawk cruise missiles a loadout that pushes an attack boat into the traditional territory of much larger guided-missile submarines. This one ...
Megaprojects on MSN

This sub is a Swiss Army knife - and the Pentagon can't stop making it

For 20 years, the Virginia-class attack sub has been America’s quiet ace - built to do nearly everything the Seawolf could, ...
Military.com

America’s Stealth Sub Revolution: AI and Modular Design

The U.S. Navy’s newest stealth submarine isn’t just quieter, it’s smarter. The USS Massachusetts (SSN-798), part of the Virginia-class Block V line, completed trials this year and represents a major ...
Stars and Stripes

Work starts on 31st Virginia-class attack submarine

The keel was laid this week for the future USS Barb, the 31st Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, as the Navy continues to transition away from dependence on the Cold War-era Los ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Trump endorses deal to share Virginia-class submarines with Australia. Here’s what it means.

There was relief in naval circles on three continents recently when President Donald Trump insisted the U.S. is moving “full steam ahead” on the AUKUS security agreement that sends state-of-the-art ...
Hartford Courant

CT congressman looking for $1 billion to close funding gaps for submarine program

After debate over procurement last year, the Virginia-class submarine program is on track to maintain its two-per-year cadence for the upcoming fiscal year. But U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, ...
Hartford Business

Courtney addresses budget ‘shortfall’ on Virginia-class submarines

In this Tuesday, July 1, 2014 photo, a missile hatch for a Virginia class nuclear powered submarine is worked on by Electric Boat employees at the company's Quonset Point facility, in North Kingstown, ...