New Design SSN

Abstract

FY 2025 funding provides for the continued execution of Virginia Class Submarine Undersea Dominance Payload Integration (UDPI) (i.e., Advanced Payloads), Advanced Acoustic Sensors, and future Blocks concept designs. FY 2025 will support the evaluation and development of capabilities/technologies for inclusion in Virginia Class Block VI, as well as initial development for Virginia Class Block VII. Funds will be executed at the Virginia Class design yard and numerous sub-vendors and warfare centers designing and developing critical, complex ship components necessary for integrating advanced Block VI capabilities into the baseline class design. The increase from FY 2024 to FY 2025 is associated with Virginia Class Block VII studies, trade-space definition, and long-term development beginning in parallel to Block V/VI design efforts. This increase in funding is needed to ensure all development efforts can be executed enabling design efforts to support ship construction schedules. The U.S. Navy must maintain a submarine fleet that is of sufficient capability and numbers to defend American interests. The VIRGINIA Class Submarine, formerly the New Attack Submarine (New SSN), is being designed to fulfill this need. It will counter potential threats in a multi- mission capable submarine that has the ability to provide covert, sustained combat presence in denied waters. The primary goal of the program is to develop an affordable yet capable submarine by evaluating a broad range of system and technology alternatives, and pursuing significant capability and improved performance enhancements while managing technical risk. This Program Element (PE) provides the technology, prototype components, and systems engineering needed to design and construct the VIRGINIA Class Submarine and build its Hull, Mechanical and Electrical (HM&E) systems and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) System. This PE directly supports the following VIRGINIA Class Submarine missions: (1) covert strike warfare (STRIKE); (2) anti-submarine warfare (ASW); (3) covert intelligence collection/surveillance (ISR), indication and warning (I&W), and electronic warfare (EW); (4) anti-surface ship warfare (ASUW); (5) special warfare; (6) covert mine warfare; and (7) battle group support.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2025
Source ID
0604558N_5_1319_PB_2025
Change Summary Explanation
FY 2025 decrease associated with miscellaneous execution adjustments. FY 2023 decrease associated with annual Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) assessment and other miscellaneous execution adjustments.
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Microelectronics
  • Space

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