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Virginia Class

The Virginias incorporate several innovations. Instead of periscopes, the subs have a pair of two extendable "photonics masts" outside the pressure hull. Each contains several high-resolution cameras with light-intensification and infrared sensors, an infrared laser rangefinder, and an integrated Electronic Support Measures (ESM) array. Signals from the masts' sensors are transmitted through fiber optic data lines through signal processors to the control center. They also make use of pump-jet propulsors for quieter operations.

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A preliminary Pentagon budget draft circulated in January 2005 indicated that the Virginia-class submarine program may be deeply cut due to the growing Federal budget deficit.

The Cleveland Civil War Roundtable is mounting a national grassroots campaign to convince Congress and the Navy to name one of the submarines after the ironclad USS Monitor. The Monitor fought the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia to a standstill on March 9, 1862, in the first battle between ironclad warships (see Battle of Hampton Roads).

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