Once USS Barb reaches operational capacity with the Navy, the fast-attack sub will undoubtedly play a role in its sea power.

The keel was laid for USS Barb, the 31st Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine, amid a transition away from Los ...

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 ...

Key Points and Summary - The U.S. Navy faces a "worsening attack submarine deficit" because its aging Los Angeles-class submarines are retiring faster than new Virginia-class boats can be built.

Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) hosted a ceremony Tuesday to lay down the keel, or backbone, for the Virginia-class attack ...

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 ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Dec. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII’s (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division hosted the keel laying ceremony today for Virginia -class attack submarine Barb (SSN 804 ...

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, ...

HII and Babcock International Group announced they have signed a contract that expands their strategic partnership to further ...