When U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was sworn in, he quickly outlined the Pentagon’s defense-acquisition priorities. One was to modernize the military’s nuclear weapons programs. That update ...

Additional funding in preparation for the arrival of the new Columbia-class submarines to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay is proposed as part of the $900 billion National Defense Authorization Act.

Newport News Shipbuilding and Electric Boat are jointly tasked with producing the dozen planned Columbia-class submarines, with the former responsible for detail planning and engineering analysis and ...

The award demonstrates the expertise of BAE Systems' workforce on submarine structures This work will be performed at our Louisville, Kentucky site, where our workforce expertise includes integrated ...

The Columbia class is slated to enter service in 2031—with very little room for error, as its predecessor, the Ohio-class SSBN, will be retired starting in 2017.

The U.S.S. Wisconsin, a new Columbia-class ballistic-missile submarine, had its keel laying ceremony on August 27th. The Wisconsin is the second submarine in the Columbia-class, which will eventually ...

General Dynamics Electric Boat has taken delivery of the bow section of the future USS District of Columbia at its Groton shipyard, a major milestone as it aims to complete the $16.1 billion ballistic ...

Then-Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti tours a Rhode Island facility responsible for helping make Virginia- and Columbia-class submarines in October 2023. (Chief MC Amanda R.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced Brandi Smith has been named program director of the Newport News Columbia-class submarine program.Smith will be responsible for leading the company’s ...