BAE Systems has secured a $70 million contract to manufacture missile tubes for the U.S. Navy’s Block VI Virginia-class submarines, significantly enhancing the firepower of the fleet. These missile ...

The VPM missile tubes enable each submarine to launch up to seven Tomahawk missiles or future missile variants.

BAE Systems announced that it had secured a new contract from General Dynamics Electric Boat to manufacture Virginia Payload ...

Sailors aboard the Virginia-class fast attack submarine Iowa man the rails during a commissioning ceremony in Groton, Connecticut, on Saturday. (John Narewski/U.S. Navy) The Navy formally ...

Equipped with MK48 heavy torpedoes and Tomahawk cruise missiles, fast-attack subs like the Virginia-class can rain terror on an adversary fleet. The U.S. Navy’s ...

Virginia-class submarine program. The Navy has been procuring Virginia (SSN-774) class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) since FY1998, and a total of 40 have been procured through FY2024.

The facility also builds the propulsor for the Virginia-class submarine, as well as a heavy propulsor structure for the Columbia-class submarine. BAE Systems has the manufacturing capability and ...

Groton-based General Dynamics Electric Boat said Wednesday it has been awarded a $1.1 billion contract modification to purchase long lead time materials for Virginia Class Block VI submarines.