Virginia-Class Submarines Need 300-Plus China-Linked Mineral Component Types
More than 300 critical component types in each Virginia-class submarine contain antimony, gallium, germanium or tungsten, according to a new…
Virginia-class submarines
Anduril’s $3.7 Billion Submarine Expansion Will Not Open Until 2030
Anduril Industries plans to invest $3.7 billion in Arsenal-2, a Maryland manufacturing complex designed to increase Virginia-class submarine production capacity…
Anduril Plans $3.7 Billion Submarine Factory, but Major Output Waits Until 2030
Anduril Industries plans to put $3.7 billion into a Baltimore-area submarine-parts factory, while the Navy could purchase up to $2.9…
Navy’s Next Generation of Submarine Builders Is Still in Middle School
The Navy’s submarine replacement challenge extends well beyond budgets and shipyard capacity. Its plans also depend on finding enough welders,…
Navy Retires 616-Missile Ohio Subs Before Smaller Virginia Replacements Arrive
The U.S. Navy has reclassified 19 planned Virginia Payload Module submarines as guided-missile submarines, but that force change does not…