Better weapons, complex training bolster US submarine forceHypersonic missiles are coming to the newest Virginia-class subs starting in 2029.
Navy readies new tools, training after Connecticut submarine collisionA new tool will spot shallow waters for the crew, and the Navy has added navigation training for officers and sailors.
US Navy touts hypersonic missile progress ahead of 2025 fieldingThough two flight tests had been called failures, Vice Adm. Wolfe said the Army and Navy are learning fast and still poised to meet their fielding goals.
Defense firms outsource sub, carrier construction amid labor woesIf the Navy's prime shipbuilders can't bring enough workers to their facilities, they're looking to outsource more work to manufacturers elsewhere.