SSN(X) Needs Clean Sheet Design, Navy Official Says
The next-generation submarine will emphasize speed, stealth and unmanned systems, with the Congressional Budget Office estimating about $9 billion per boat.
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The US Navy’s New 10,000-ton SSN(X) ‘Mothership’ Nuclear Attack Submarine Is Estimated at $9,000,000,000 Billion a Boat
The US Navy has outlined its vision for SSN(X), the next-generation nuclear-powered attack submarine intended to succeed the Virginia class. Rear Adm. Andrew Miller, the Navy’s submarine requirements chief, said on November 12 that the service is redefining the role of the submarine “from standalone hunter-killer to a capital mothership” for underwater drones.
SSN(X) needs clean sheet design, Navy official says
A clean sheet design is required for the next-generation attack submarine in order to dominate peer threats in the future, a Navy official said today. The Navy is currently in the process of determining requirements for the new submarine, SSN(X), Rear Adm. Andrew Miller, director of the undersea warfare division, said Thursday at the annual Naval Submarine League conference. In November 2025, the Navy completed its analysis of alternatives for S…
With a view to extending its attack capability beyond its own hull, the U.S. Navy plans that its future SSN(X) nuclear attack submarine will operate as a submarine drone mothership, capable of deploying and directing its operations. To this end, it defined five priority capabilities: higher speed, operational availability, offensive capability, furtivity [...]
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