The Navy's New Submarine Has the Ultimate Feature: You Can't Hear It.

As part of the Block VI development, the Navy is now conducting a “SOF Optimization” Analysis of Alternatives to, among other things, find ways to engineer an attack submarine well suited for clandestine undersea SOF missions. These can include targeted attack operations, forward intelligence gathering or high-risk surveillance missions, among other things.The Navy has begun work on a new generation of attack submarines with never-before-seen weapons, quieting technology, undersea at