![]() ![]() Virginia-class design, which has a submerged displacementĭeveloping a newly designed submarine capable of Result in an SSN(X) design that is larger than the originalĪround an unproven advanced LEU fuel concept. Naval fuel systems or to design a VIRGINIA ClassĬolumbia-class design. It is not practical to substitute LEU into existingĪcoustic quietness and sensors of the Virginia-class design, and the operational availability and service life of the Heavily armed Seawolf (SSN-21) class SSN design, the To incorporate the speed and payload of the Navy’s fast and Navy officials have stated that the Navy wants the SSN(X)įor using LEU for the SSN(X) that was provided by the Navy Next-Generation Attack Submarine (SSN) Program: Background and Issues for Congress ![]() (Budget-justification book for FY2024 Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy account, Vol. Much of the material procured from supplier firms for building submarines comes from sole-source suppliers. Well as laboratories and research facilities, in numerousĪnd sustained combat presence in denied waters. Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)) capability Industrial base also includes hundreds of supplier firms, as Subsea Seabed Warfare (SSW), Intelligence, Strike, Special Operating Forces (SOF), Mine, Submarines only, while HII/NNS also builds nuclear. Warfare (ASW), Anti-surface warfare (ASuW), These are the only two shipyards in the countryĬapable of building nuclear-powered ships. Newport News Shipbuilding (HII/NNS), of Newport News, Quonset Point, RI, and Huntington Ingalls Industries’Ĭoordinate with a larger contingent of off-hull SSN(X) will conduct fullĮlectric Boat Division (GD/EB) of Groton, CT, and Navy submarines are built by General Dynamics’ Superiority and non-acoustic signatures, and higher Horizontal payload capacity, improved acoustic Submarine Construction Industrial Base It will provide greater speed, increased Congress, by Ronald O'Rourke. ![]() Report R41129, Navy Columbia (SSBN-826) Class Ballisticīy near peer adversary competition for undersea Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Will be designed to counter the growing threat posed The Navy states that the SSN(X) and Issues for Congress, by Ronald O'Rourke, and CRS Tubes.) For additional information on Navy submarine programs, see CRS Report R元2418, Navy Virginia (SSN- Design of the SSN(X) 774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background Section equipped with four large-diameter, vertical launchĬonstruction in 2012, and credits the photograph to the U.S. Years are to be built with the VPM, an additional mid-bodyĬaption states that it shows USS Minnesota (SSN-783) under Virginia-class boats procured in FY2019 and subsequentĬlass Submarine Program,” USNI News, November 3, 2014. “Opinion: How Budget Pressure Prompted the Success of Virginia. Procurement cost of about $4.3 billion per boat. Payload Module (VPM) have a current estimated Source: Cropped version of photograph accompanying Dan Ward, When procured at a rate of two boats per year, Virginia-class SSNs equipped with the Virginia Since FY2011, the Navy has been procuring them at a rate of two boats per year. Virginia-Class Program As mentioned above, the Navy has been procuring Virginia-class SSNs ( Figure 1) since FY1998. The SSNs are general-purpose submarines that can perform a variety of peacetime and wartime missions. Navy operates nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), nuclear-powered cruise missile and special operations forces (SOF) submarines (SSGNs), and nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs). The Navy wants to shift from procuring Virginia-classīoats to procuring SSN(X)s in the mid-2030s. $544.7 million in research and development funding for the The Navy’s proposed FY2024 budget requests Procurement Schedule SSN design, which the Navy has been procuring since FY1998. The SSN(X) would be the successor to the Virginia-classĭesign of the boat has not yet been determined. In the designation SSN(X), the “X” means that the exact Generation Attack Submarine or SSN(X), in the mid-2030s. The Navy wants to begin procuring a new class of nuclear- powered attack submarine (SSN), called the Next- Program Designation Updated AugNavy Next-Generation Attack Submarine (SSN) Program: Background and Issues for Congress Introduction SSN(X) Program ![]()
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