The Virginia-class attack submarine program was supposed to deliver two boats a year. Instead, production is stuck around 1.2 annually, with Block V subs years behind schedule and billions over plan.

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.

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 ...

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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 ...

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, ...