General Dynamics’ Electric Boat subsidiary hosted the ceremonial ship launching of the USS Iowa nuclear submarine in Groton, Connecticut. The company was joined on Saturday by the U.S. Navy and Christie Vilsack,
MoreNavy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said the service branch will test the technologies developed for its future destroyer, attack submarine and fighter before moving forward with large-scale production to ensure the maturity
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A Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report estimates that the U.S. Navy’s fiscal year 2022 shipbuilding plan to increase its fleet size to between 398 and 512 crewed ships and unmanned vessels would
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Rear Adm. Bill Houston, director of the undersea warfare requirements office at the U.S. Navy, said the service’s next-generation attack submarine called SSN(X) will be the “ultimate apex predator for the maritime
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The Congressional Budget Office has said the U.S. Navyâs plan to increase its combat fleet size to 355 ships under the first two alternatives would cost an average of $103 billion to $104
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A new Mitre study says the U.S. Navy needs a fleet size of 414 combat ships that would include 160 destroyers and cruisers, 72 attack submarines and 14 aircraft carriers, Breaking Defense
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The U.S. Navy has unveiled a new shipbuilding plan that seeks to increase the service branchâs battle force fleet to 355 ships within the next three decades, USNI News reported Friday. Sam
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The U.S. Navy plans to build the second Virginia-class nuclear submarine in 2021 in order to meet operational demand by 2020s, Breaking Defense reported Friday. Studies done by the Navy indicate General Dynamicsâ Electric
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Rear Adm. David C. Johnson, program executive officer for submarines at the U.S. Navy, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as principal military deputy to the assistant secretary of
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