The US Navy does not have the capacity to build the SSN(X) submarines at scale—but rather than acknowledging this, it has simply attempted to delay their completion dates.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne speaks at Phil Batt's service Former Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne, who also served as the U.S.

WASHINGTON ( Idaho Capital Sun) — The engine room of one of the U.S. Navy’s newest fast attack submarines, the USS Idaho, will be named for former Idaho Governor and U.S. Secretary of the Interior, ...

This month, a welder at a Virginia shipyard etched the keel plate of the USS Barb, the ceremonial birthing of a new submarine. The Virginia-class fast attack submarine joins hundreds of Navy subs ...

Leonardo DRS announced the opening of a new naval power and propulsion facility to support the U.S. Navy’s drive for ...

Kempthorne served as mayor of Boise for seven years starting in 1985, and eventually moved on to serve a term in the U.S.