Key Points and Summary - The U.S. Navy is transitioning from its current Virginia-class Block V attack submarine to the next-generation SSN(X). -While the Block V is an evolutionary, versatile ...

A recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) report highlights just how bad the United States Navy is doing in the shipbuilding department. According to the CRS report from August of this year, the ...

The United States Congress has presented a report that deals with the issue of the Navy aiming to procure a next-generation attack submarine. The report reveals that the US Navy estimates that the ...

The next-generation SSN(X) submarine will allow the Navy to control contested sea lanes around the world. The U.S. Navy’s next-generation SSN(X) attack submarine is not immune to the shipbuilding ...

The Navy’s next-generation attack submarine won’t be a reality for at least 15 years, according to a new report. The Navy’s SSN(X) was originally slated to enter production in 2031. That timeline has ...

BREMERTON, Wash. — The Navy officially has a new “backbone” of its submarine fleet that is bigger, faster, quieter, and has more endurance and firepower than the Vietnam War-era design it passed by in ...