The Virginia-class attack submarine Montana (SSN-794) undergoing initial sea trials with shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries News Shipbuilding division near Norfolk, Va. (Photo: HII)
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) this week said the federal government is attempting to get the defense industrial base ready where it will possibly increase production to succeed in the present goal of two attack submarines (SSNs) per yr plus additional vessels in the long run…