The following is the Feb. 11, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Virginia-Class Submarine Program and AUKUS ...

Attack submarines are designed to seek and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships ... the Seawolf class was the most expensive SSN submarine. The Virginia class was put into production ...

The next-generation SSN(X) submarine is expected to deliver greater transit speed under increased stealth conditions in every ocean environment. Budgetary constraints and labor shortages have hindered ...

The Navy and its nuclear submarine shipbuilders are closing in on a deal to put two long-awaited Virginia-class submarines ...

Once there, it began the final outfitting, testing, and crew certification in advance of the ship being handed over to the U.S. Navy. SSN-798 is the 25th submarine of the Virginia class and the ...

The Virginia Payload Tubes fitted on these ships reduce acquisition costs and increase payload flexibility. Although every Virginia-class SSN is powerful, the latest Block V variant is especially so.

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced that a Virginia ... ship used in the late 1700s, another was a destroyer leader used during the 50s and 60s, and the third was a Los Angeles-class ...

3 weapons systems -- the Virginia-class SSN, the Arleigh Burke-class DDG, and the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile, seem targeted at China. The U.S. Navy’s latest two nuclear-powered attack ...

The future USS Norfolk (SSN 815 ... selected as the ship sponsor of the future USS Norfolk. “I am so honored to have been named the sponsor for the USS Norfolk VIrginia class submarine ...

Attack submarines are designed to seek and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships ... the Seawolf class was the most expensive SSN submarine. The Virginia class was put into production ...