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Navy/USMC

Navy Nuke Head Says New Tech Easing Sub Production Increase

Tuesday, April 1st, 2025

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Navy Nuke Head Says New Tech Easing Sub Production Increase

Artist rendering of the future Columbia-class nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), which will replace the Ohio-class submarines. (Illustration: U.S. Navy)

The head of the naval nuclear propulsion program this week argued submarine shipbuilding is improving, in part thanks to new technologies. While the U.S. Navy and submarine industrial base are trying to build the equivalent of an annual 500 percent increase in submarine tonnage from 2004 to now, Adm. William Houston said they are trying to leverage new technology like automated robot inspectors and drone-based monitors. “We now have automated robots to do inspections for us in tanks - that…

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