![]() Texas was launched in April 2005, delivered in June 2006 and commissioned in September 2006. It underwent a three-year operational evaluation before operational deployment. Virginia was laid down in September 1999, launched in August 2003 and commissioned in October 2004. The Block V submarines will have increased length and displacement. Eight of the submarines will be equipped with VPM, which will enable significantly increased missile strike capacity. The navy is expected to receive the deliveries of the nine Virginia-Class Block V submarines from 2025 through 2029. In December 2019, Newport News and Electric Boat received a $22bn contract to build nine Block V submarines. General Dynamics Electric Boat plans to begin construction on two submarines a year over a five-year period and conclude the deliveries by 2023. ![]() Another $17.6bn contract was signed in April 2014 for an additional ten submarines, bringing the total order volume to 28. In December 2008, the navy signed a $14bn contract with General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman for eight additional submarines. The US Navy placed a bulk-buy contract for the first five ships, and in January 2004, placed a multiyear contract for the following five. The subsequent vessels are Hawaii (SSN 776), New Hampshire (SSN 778), Missouri (SSN 780), Mississippi (SSN 782) and John Warner (SSN 785) being built by Electric Boat, with North Carolina (SSN 777), New Mexico (SSN 779), California (SSN 781), Minnesota (SSN 783) and North Dakota (SSN 784) being built by Newport News. ![]() “Northrop Grumman designed a new hull-mounted acoustic Advanced Flank Array (AFA) for the Virginia class submarine.” ![]()
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