SSN(X) Attack Boat Will be a Swift, Lethal Mothership for Undersea Drones, Navy Says

ARLINGTON, Va. — The next American nuclear attack submarine design will be faster, take less time to repair and serve as a mothership for a constellation of undersea drones, the Navy’s head of requirements for submarines said on Thursday. The service is finalizing the analysis of alternatives of the SSN(X), the submarine class that will follow the Virginia-class attack boats, Rear Adm. Andrew Miller said during the Naval Submarine League’s annual conference. The Navy completed its own AoA in Nov

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