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The Navy’s 30-year shipbuilding plan allocates $63 billion to 10 Virginia-class submarines — including Block V boats carrying hypersonic strike weapons

The U.S. Navy is betting $63 billion over the next decade on 10 Virginia-class attack submarines, several of which will carry a new hull section engineered to launch hypersonic missiles and dozens of ...
The National Interest

How to Make the U.S. Navy Great Again: More Block V Virginia-Class Submarines

Summary and Key Points: The Virginia-class Block V submarine represents a significant leap in the U.S. Navy’s naval capability. Equipped with the Virginia Payload Module (VPM), these submarines can ...
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US Virginia-class submarines: Covert ISR & special ops in Pacific

The vast Pacific Ocean conceals one of America’s most advanced strategic assets: the Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine.
KXAN

BAE Systems awarded $70 million contract for future Virginia Payload Module missile tubes

LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BAE Systems (LON: BA) received a $70 million contract award from General Dynamics Electric Boat for the production of Virginia Payload Module (VPM) ...
USNI

SECNAV: New Virginia Attack Boat Contracts Still Stalled Over Missile Insurance Issue; Lockheed, Northrop Clear Hypersonic Deal with Navy

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Navy and General Dynamics are still at an impasse over an insurance spat that has resulted in the 11-month delay to contracts for two Virginia-class attack submarines, Secretary ...
The National Interest

Virginia Payload Module

Summary and Key Points You Need to Know: Submarines are among the most potent assets in a nation’s arsenal, capable of lurking in the ocean’s depths to strike enemy targets... Leadership within the ...