We explore a sunken World War II sea plane using RC submarines to uncover what remains beneath the water. From mysterious ...

Of all the remote-control vehicles one can build, a submarine is possibly the hardest: if something goes wrong with almost any other vehicle, it’s easy to recover and repair, but a submarine is a ...

Part of testing is pushing components way past their limits, so it's entirely possible that the team predicted a fiery end.

Have you ever been drifting off to sleep when suddenly you hear what sounds like a gunshot, a door slamming, or an explosion inside your head? You jolt awake, heart pounding, sit upright in bed, but ...

Sinking a ship with a torpedo may seem like a sudden and dramatic act. In reality, such a strike comes only after hours, even days, of preparation and tracking effort. Submarines rarely rush their ...

A commissioning ceremony on Saturday marked the first time a submarine named for the state of Massachusetts joined the U.S. Navy. The ceremony for the USS Massachusetts, the 25th Virginia-class ...

New highly automated factories will build components for US Navy Virginia- and Columbia-class submarines. Built by Hadrian, the factories are intended to quickly build parts and train workers. The ...

The United States may need more Columbia-class submarines to match the capabilities of the current fleet of ballistic missile subs, Adm. Richard Correll, the head of U.S. Strategic Command, said ...

The fighting continues in the Middle East, and oil’s back on the move, as the clock ticks on President Donald Trump’s five-day deadline for resolving differences with Iran. That’s the backdrop for ...

General Dynamics Electric Boat, the Connecticut subsidiary of Reston-based Fortune 500 defense contractor General Dynamics, has received a $15.38 billion Navy contract modification for work on ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Fifty years ago, in a small San Francisco office above a fast-food restaurant, a ...

In a stroke of luck, astronomers saw the comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) break into four or five fragments in November after it passed close to the sun. By Robin George Andrews Astronomers on Wednesday ...