The launch of the USS Idaho marks the halfway point of the Virginia-class series of submarines. The 26 th Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, which will be known as the USS Idaho when it enters ...

BAE Systems obtains four-year contract modification for Virginia-class propulsor components. US Naval Sea Systems Command on 11 June awarded BAE Systems Land & Armaments an $18.81 million contract ...

Summary and Key Ideas: The U.S. Navy's Virginia-class attack submarines are considered the best in the world due to their advanced undersea technologies, computing, and firepower, especially in Block ...

-The Virginia-class was conceived to replace aging Los Angeles-class subs with a quieter, more versatile boat the Navy could afford after the truncated Seawolf program. -Early blocks carried 12 ...

Building a Virginia-class submarine begins with a detailed design and planning phase, often years before physical work on assembling the submarine begins. Such a program emphasizes integrated product ...

As the new American president shook allied capitals all over the world, a Virginia-class submarine — the USS Minnesota — arrived at a port in western Australia for the first of many routine Australian ...

America is in a shipbuilding crisis. The Navy has all these grand ambitions for building new platforms, whether the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers or the Virginia-class attack submarines. Yet, ...

The sub - which will be stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - can launch 12 Tomahawk land-attack missiles at a time THE US Navy has given a special video tour of its latest state-of-the art ...

With the exclusion of nearly $2 billion for a major naval effort from the bipartisan stopgap spending bill, lawmakers have effectively punted a decision on the Virginia-class submarine program. The ...

PERTH (Reuters) -In the control room of the American Virginia class attack submarine USS Minnesota, off the Western Australian coast, sonar operators adjust to the chatter of dolphins in new waters ...