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Between 1976 and 1997, the U.S. Navy built 18 Ohio-class submarines, with the lead boat, USS Ohio, entering service in 1981.Their upcoming retirement is not something the Navy can easily work around and replace the military capabilities of these undersea warriors. 

A new Virginia-class submarine in preliminary development would expand the U.S. Navy's ability to patrol and protect assets on the sea floor.

The U.S. Navy is building a new sub specially designed to support underwater spying, and could take on missions like tapping enemy underwater data cables.

The demand for warships is strong, and the Navy continues to receive support from the Congress to build more ships. The Navy…

The major issue for Australia's program to acquire nuclear propelled submarines has little to do with the vessels.

The Navy expects to buy two Virginia-class submarines per year and is looking to increase its capacity to build a third submarine each year.

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. – The backbone of the Navy’s next nuclear ballistic missile submarine is starting to take shape in a series of understated white buildings on the edge of Narragansett Bay. Building-sized sections of the future USS Columbia (SSBN-826) have been under construction at the General Dynamics Electric Boat facility at Quonset Point, under […]

“DDG-51 hull form is maxed out in nearly every mission area. Meanwhile, the threat marches on.”Rear Adm. Paul Schlise, director…

Meet the USS Montana: The U.S. Navys Most Advanced Sub Ever? These latest submarines continue to inform the Navy’s expanded mission envelope for attack submarines, given their increased ability to conduct undersea reconnaissance. Here’s What You Need to Remember: The U.S. Navy has now launched the USS Montana, its final Block III Virginia-class attack submarine, a much-anticipated development intended to bring new levels of undersea warfare technology and mission possibilities to the Nav...

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out whats clicking on FoxNews.com. New Virginia-class attack submarines are being built with a massive increase in firepower, much more sensitive and with powerful sonar detection and a new generation of computing, navigation, and command and control systems … and the Navy does not have enough of them. It is a challenge that the Navy’s recently released 30-year shipbuilding plan seeks to correct, by calling for an increase in submarine production...