In a deeply embarrassing incident for the British Royal Navy, the HMS Astute, a new $1.3 billion nuclear-powered attack submarine, ran aground off the coast of Scotland in 2010. -The state-of-the-art ...

GD's Electric Boat unit secures a $987M Navy contract to bolster support for Columbia-class submarines through 2031.

The Astute-class submarine can carry up to 38 weapons fired through six 21-inch torpedo tubes. The weapons load-out could be Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes or Tomahawk Block IV missiles.

How many submarines does the Royal Navy currently have? The Royal Navy currently operates nine submarines, including five Astute-class conventionally armed nuclear-powered attack vessels.

A rare surface appearance of a British Astute-class submarine in the Mediterranean signals quiet strength and strategic presence. This video explores what the sighting means for regional tensions ...

General Dynamics Corporation ’s GD business unit, Electric Boat, recently clinched a modification contract involving Virginia Class submarines. The award has been offered by the Naval Sea ...

It 2017, it advised the department on a £1.4 billion contract with BAE Systems to deliver the Astute class submarine to the Royal Navy. In November it was announced that the firm would be ...

Astute class submarine HMS Astute test firing a BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) in the Gulf of Mexico in Aug. 2011. HMS Triumph had demonstrated the capability in combat just several ...

Stealth submarines can spend a very long time underwater nearly anywhere on Earth, and the U.K.'s Astute-Class subs can take it to the next level.

The British Royal Navy officially named its sixth Astute class submarine after a king from Greek mythology, enter the HMS Agamemnon ...

Summary: The British Royal Navy’s latest nuclear-powered submarine, the Astute-class, represents a significant advancement in modern submarine technology. Designed to replace the older Trafalgar ...

SSN-AUKUS will start to replace the Astute class, which BAE is currently building at its site in Barrow-in-Furness in the northwest of England, from the late 2030s.