The submarine was due to be named HMS Agincourt, but will now follow HMS Agamemnon's lead, being named after a warrior from the Iliad. The UK Royal Navy (RN) has changed the name of the final Astute ...

The U.S. Navy awarded defense contractor Lockheed Martin a $383 million contract to produce upgraded Trident II D5 missiles ...

There will be no quotes from William Shakespeare’s play Henry V used as the motto for the Royal Navy’s seventh and final Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine. The boat, which is now under ...

The Russian Typhoon-class SSBN (Project 941 "Akula") is the largest nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine ever built. Designed during the Cold War to counter the U.S. Navy’s Ohio-class SSBNs, it ...

The delivery of SSN 797 is a major milestone for the U.S. Navy and American shipbuilders. In the final days of 2024, General ...

The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $383 million contract to develop the Trident II D5 Life Extension 2 (D5LE2) ballistic missile system.

According to recent public opinion polling, a majority of American voters think there is at least a 50-50 chance of war with China happening within the next 10 years. In the same poll, almost 80 ...

Speaking with DW, he pointed to a recent agreement between France and India to build Scorpene class submarines in India as another example of collaboration. Germany has also been exporting arms in ...

Parts from both US and Australian manufacturers will be used to build two critical submarine classes. The Virginia-class and Columbia-class submarine programmes have signed long-lead contracts with ...

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced that a Virginia-class submarine will be named for the city of Norfolk. The submarine will follow in the footsteps of three former vessels named for ...