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The US Navy’s SSN(X) submarine program is slowly sinking

The US Navy does not have the capacity to build the SSN(X) submarines at scale—but rather than acknowledging this, it has ...

Room aboard new Navy submarine USS Idaho to be named for former Gem State governor

WASHINGTON ( Idaho Capital Sun) — The engine room of one of the U.S. Navy’s newest fast attack submarines, the USS Idaho, will be named for former Idaho Governor and U.S. Secretary of the Interior, ...
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Room aboard new Navy submarine USS Idaho to be named for Dirk Kempthorne

Kempthorne served as mayor of Boise for seven years starting in 1985, and eventually moved on to serve a term in the U.S. Senate after his election in 1993. He was elected as Idaho’s governor in 1998 ...
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Switcheroos have marked the naming of Navy submarines for decades

This month, a welder at a Virginia shipyard etched the keel plate of the USS Barb, the ceremonial birthing of a new submarine. The Virginia-class fast attack submarine joins hundreds of Navy subs ...
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The Navy says AI cut a 160-hour submarine-planning job down to just 10 minutes — now it's investing $448 million to go bigger

The Navy's investing almost half a billion dollars on a new, Palantir-powered AI system for shipbuilding. Ship OS sped up the workflow for submarine jobs. This capability is starting with private and ...