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A top Navy official confirmed the service is looking to fund the upcoming Columbia-class nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine program (SSBN) separately from the normal shipbuilding budget. Vice Adm. William Merz, […]

A top Navy official confirmed the service is looking to fund the upcoming Columbia-class nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine program (SSBN) separately from the normal shipbuilding budget. Vice Adm. William Merz, […]

The Navy is looking at options to keep the Columbia-class submarine production line hot past a 12th boat and diversify what is loaded into the Virginia Payload Module, the service’s […]

Botching welds on 12 missile tubes for the Columbia-class submarine earlier this year proved a costly mistake for BWX Technologies [BWXT], which on Wednesday said the problems with its welding […]

The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat (GDEB) a $481 million modification on last Thursday for more Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) program long-lead time […]

The Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine is currently in good shape but the program has little room for error and may require tighter oversight, the Chief of Naval Operations said on […]

Botched welding jobs on 12 missile tubes for the Navy’s next-generation ballistic-missile submarine should not materially affect tube-vendor BWX Technologies’ [BWXT] bottom line this year, the company’s chief executive said […]

Aside from officially announcing retired Marine Gen. James Mattis as his pick for secretary of defense, President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday described with soaring superlatives how he plans to rebuild […]

Top defense and energy officials testified Thursday in defense of current U.S. nuclear modernization priorities and dispelled rumors that President Barack Obama is planning to take nonproliferation steps in the […]