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The Virginia-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine represents the cutting edge of U.S. naval technology, engineered for ...
GDEB, as the prime contractor and lead design yard for the Virginia-class submarine, received $12.42 billion, which could increase to $17.15 billion if all options are exercised. Meanwhile ...
The USS Iowa is the 24th Virginia-class submarine to be commissioned and the first specifically designed to accommodate women. The ban on women serving aboard submarines was lifted in 2010 under ...
General Dynamics Corporation’s GD business unit, Electric Boat, recently clinched a modification contract involving Virginia Class Block VI submarines. The award has been offered by the Naval ...
Virginia-class submarine program. The Navy has been procuring Virginia (SSN-774) class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) since FY1998, and a total of 40 have been procured through FY2024.
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced that a Virginia-class submarine will be named for the city of Norfolk. The submarine will follow in the footsteps of three former vessels named for ...
The future USS Norfolk (SSN 815) honors the city of Norfolk and three previous U.S. Navy vessels — a brigantine (1798-1800), destroyer leader DL-1 (1953-1970) and the Los Angeles-class nuclear ...
Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro has announced the names of three future Virginia-class submarines, honoring the city of Norfolk, a major Virginia river and the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
The 24 th Virginia-class submarine was produced by General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), the 13 th vessel in the class made by GDEB, with HII-Newport News Shipbuilding supplying the others on a ...
The Virginia-class submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) heads up the Thames River toward Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton. Credit: U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Joshua Karsten ...