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Game Changer: The U.S. Navy’s New Block V Virginia-Class Is Submarine Is Something Russia, China, or Iran Can’t Match

The U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class attack submarine just keeps getting deadlier. From fly-by-wire automated navigation to Block V ...
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Virginia-class attack submarine is the new ‘backbone’ of Navy’s undersea service

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 ...
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Work starts on 31st Virginia-class attack submarine

The keel was laid this week for the future USS Barb, the 31st Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, as the Navy continues to transition away from dependence on the Cold War-era Los ...
The National Interest

Here’s How the US Navy Builds a Virginia-Class Attack Submarine

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 ...
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Huntington Ingalls Supplies Virginia-Class Submarine to US Navy

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) recently stated that its Newport News Shipbuilding (“NNS”) division has delivered the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine Massachusetts (SSN 798) to the U.S. Navy.