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Newport News Shipbuilding reports the discovery by their internal quality assurance systems of alleged intentional faulty welds on in-service submarines and aircraft carriers.
Aerial view of the Newport News shipyard in 1994. Visible in the drydocks are USS Long Beach and USNS Gilliland. Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is the sole designer, builder, and refueler of aircraft carriers and one of two providers of submarines for the United States Navy. Founded as the ...
USS. Newport News. (SSN-750) USS Newport News (SSN-750), a Los Angeles -class submarine, is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Newport News, Virginia. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 19 April 1982 and her keel was laid down on 3 March 1984.
Essentially unlimited distance; 33 years. Test depth. greater than 800 feet (240 meters) [9] Complement. 134 officers and men [8] USS Washington (SSN-787) is a Virginia -class nuclear powered attack submarine of the United States Navy. Launched in 2016 and commissioned in 2017, she is named for the U.S. state of Washington.
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (HII) is the largest military shipbuilding company in the United States as well as a provider of professional services to partners in government and industry. HII, ranked No. 375 on the Fortune 500, was formed on 31 March 2011, as a divestiture from Northrop Grumman. [5][6]
USS Texas (SSN-775) is a Virginia-class submarine, and the fourth warship of the United States Navy to be named after the US state of Texas.. The contract to build her was awarded to the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard (then called Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.) on 30 September 1998 and her keel was laid down on 12 July 2002. [1]
Torpedoes, missiles, and mines. The SSN (X) or Next-Generation Attack Submarine program of the United States Navy aims to develop a new class of nuclear-powered attack submarines to succeed the Virginia and Seawolf classes. The SSN (X) program remains in the early stages of development and no official details have been released about its design ...
Electric Boat, which built all 18 Ohio-class submarines, [24] will do most of the work on all 12 Columbia boats, including final assembly. [25] Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding will serve as the main subcontractor, participating in the design and construction and doing 22 to 23 percent of the work. [26]