Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) recently stated that its Newport News Shipbuilding (“NNS”) division has delivered the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine Massachusetts (SSN 798) to the U.S. Navy.
The following is the Jan. 26, 2026, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Virginia-Class Submarine Program and AUKUS ...
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Nov. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has delivered Virginia-class fast-attack submarine Massachusetts (SSN ...
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE: HII) and Babcock International Group (Babcock) announced today they have signed a contract that expands their strategic partnership to ...
While all of the Navy’s Virginia-class submarines are capable and formidable, the new Block IV iterations are particularly dominant in the waters. Both USS Idaho and USS Massachusetts are of the Block ...
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The US Navy’s SSN(X) submarine program is slowly sinking

The US Navy does not have the capacity to build the SSN(X) submarines at scale—but rather than acknowledging this, it has simply attempted to delay their completion dates.
Babcock has marked two major milestones at its Rosyth shipyard in Scotland as the keel was laid for HMS Formidable, the third ship in the UK’s Type 31 frigate program, and the company announced an ...
Australia’s AUKUS submarine program is tied to struggling US and UK shipbuilding systems, escalating costs and political whim, raising questions about whether the right defence choices were ever ...