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SecNav Says Navy Should Consider Competing SSNs

Tuesday, June 10th, 2025

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SecNav Says Navy Should Consider Competing SSNs

The Virginia-class attack submarine Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) North Dakota (SSN 784) is moored in the graving dock at General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard moments before its christening ceremony in November 2013. (Photo: U.S. Navy by John Narewski)

The Secretary of the Navy Tuesday said the government should consider having the two submarine shipbuilders compete on the next version of the Virginia-class attack submarine (SSN). “I think in the next Virginia class, we have to really consider having HII build and EB build versus the two of them, co-building. I think we need to introduce some competition back into the system,” John Phelan told lawmakers during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing about the fiscal year 2026 budget…

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