
The Navy director for Naval Reactors said the service plans to at least reach Block Eight on Virginia-class attack submarines before moving on to next-generation submarines now planned for the 2040s. “I think if you look at us as a Navy, we have said that we’re going to continue to build the [Virginia-class], that is currently the plan. We’re looking to go to a Block Eight. We are proceeding on with SSN(X) after that,” Adm. Bill Houston, director for Naval…