So, that’s just shy of a 139 percent increase for each Virginia-class submarine. This is at a time when the overall national debt for the country is running around $32 trillion, and counting ...

As the Royal Navy moves to a single class of nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSN), the Astute class, the service life of the Trafalgar class is drawing to a close 41 years after HMS Trafalgar ...

The shipbuilding industry grapples with a severe shortage of skilled labor, impacting the production of complex vessels like the Virginia-class submarines. An aging workforce and difficulties in ...

RSS Conqueror and RSS Chieftain were retired on 25 November, marking the end of the first era of Singaporean submarines. The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) has retired its last two Challenger-class ...

Arkansas is the final Block IV Virginia-class submarine to be delivered by Newport News Shipbuilding. (Janes/Michael Fabey) Virginia-class attack submarine Arkansas (SSN 800) is on pace to launch ...

America’s submarine woes keep worsening. The vaunted Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarines were intended to replace America’s iconic, though aging, Los Angeles-class attack submarines.

The Biden administration has asked Congress for an emergency $8.8 billion to fix shortfalls with the US Virginia-class submarine program. Australia's submarine agency insists the US has taken ...

The ageing Collins-class submarines have been added to a Defence Department watch list for reliability and maintenance woes, raising fresh doubts about the navy’s ability to conduct undersea ...

To cite Mr. Suciu again, the Virginia class as a whole is two to three behind schedule with cost overruns over $17 billion. So, What Gives? The biggest problem is a maintenance shortfall ...

NAVAL BASE GUAM (Nov. 26, 2024) – The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) arrived to its new homeport of Naval Base Guam, Nov. 26, as part of the U.S. Navy’s strategic laydown ...

Four Collins-class submarines are pictured in formation as they transit through Cockburn Sound on the coast of Western Australia. The last Collins-class boat is scheduled to be operated by the RAN ...