📰 #USNAVY# UPDATE: The Department of the Navy is taking a decisive step to sharpen its competitive edge, reclassifying nineteen planned Virginia Class submarines equipped with the Virginia Payload Module (VPM) as guided missile submarines (SSGN). This pivotal shift clearly differentiates these advanced platforms from traditional Virginia Class fast attack submarines (SSNs), signaling a leap forward in undersea warfighting capability, lethal combat power, and global deterrence. MORE:

The Artemis III crew and @USNavy teams recently practiced hoist operations in San Diego as part of recovery training. Training during the day and at night helps the crew become familiar with the wind, noise, and sea spray they will experience during splashdown and recovery.

We're proud to share the @USNavy has awarded Castelion a $23.4M fixed-price order for 50 Blackbeard Hypersonic weapons, our first delivery order for the program. The award marks an important step in Blackbeard's transition from development and flight testing toward operationally relevant production. "Blackbeard was designed from the beginning to support our nation's conventional deterrence," said @hargsb, our Co-Founder & CEO. Read more:

Under Secretary Emil Michael (@USWREMichael) on the @DeptofWar's announcement of the @USNavy's first advanced nuclear Micro Modular Reactor installation at Naval Weapons Station Crane, Indiana: “We are, thankfully, going through a renaissance in nuclear technology... Military bases need power that’s uninterrupted, not connected to the grid... You’re talking about, hopefully, an explosion in the abundance of energy.”

Today at Ingalls Shipbuilding, I saw our dedicated @USNavy Sailors and Gulf Coast shipyard workers integrating advanced automation and AI. @HII will deliver LPD 30, LHA 8, DDG 129, SSN 800, and CVN 79 by next year. They are building the Golden Fleet and will deliver the agile and lethal force our Nation needs to maintain America's unmatched maritime dominance.