Massachusetts is the 25th Virginia-class submarine and the 12th built by Newport News Shipbuilding, one of only two shipyards in the US capable of constructing nuclear-powered submarines. The vessel ...

The U.S. Navy is rapidly fielding its new “game-changer” anti-ship weapon, the Maritime Strike Tomahawk (MST). -This Block Va ...

Virginia-class submarines are bigger, faster, quieter, and have more endurance and firepower than Los Angeles class they ...

In this Tuesday, July 1, 2014 photo, a missile hatch for a Virginia class nuclear powered submarine is worked on by Electric Boat employees at the company's Quonset Point facility, in North Kingstown, ...

Russia’s Kilo-class and Yasen-class submarines are likely considered as a massive, high-tech threat by the Pentagon and China’s growing fleet of Jin-class ballistic missile submarines are acquiring ...

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 ...

After debate over procurement last year, the Virginia-class submarine program is on track to maintain its two-per-year cadence for the upcoming fiscal year. But U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, ...

The US Navy is widely regarded for its global undersea superiority, a distinction which the service is intensely working to preserve through extensive modernization and submarine production. Today’s ...