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Navy warship production in worst state in 25 years. What’s behind it?
Labor shortages are one of many challenges that have led to backlogs in ship production at a time when the Navy faces expanding global threats.
China will only benefit from the US Navy’s shipbuilding budget
The U.S. acquisition system should make China’s goal of naval leadership harder, not easier.
By Everett Pyatt
To reach 355 ships, Navy must revamp shipbuilding, recruitment and retention, advocacy group says
A new report from the Association of the U.S. Navy calls for more sailors, "immediately," and additional efforts to eliminate barriers standing in the way of a 355-ship Navy.
By Diana Stancy
Sea power backers propose $25 billion to fix US shipyards
The introduction of the 11-page Shipyard Act comes after President Joe Biden proposed a $2.25 trillion infrastructure package and Republicans made a $568 billion counteroffer.
By Joe Gould
Navy shipbuilding plan would require ‘unprecedented’ funding levels, watchdog agency says
The shipbuilding plan released in December would give the fleet more than 400 ships by 2051, at a cost of $1 trillion, and would require annual funding "unprecedented since World War II," the CBO said.
How Kathleen Hicks will approach nukes, shipbuilding and the budget
The nominee to be the Pentagon's No. 2 official touched on a wide range of topics during her hearing.
By Aaron Mehta
US Marines wants to move fast on a light amphibious warship. But what is it?
The U.S. Marine Corps is moving as fast as it can to field a new class of light amphibious warship, but it remains unclear what it will do, where it will be based or what capabilities it will bring to the fight.
By David B. Larter
USS Montana submarine christened in virtual ceremony
The U.S. Navy recently christened its newest nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine, the USS Montana, at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia in a ceremony that featured some flavor of the Big Sky state.
By Phil Drake, Great Falls (Mont.) Tribune via the AP
Former SECNAV, retired flag officer say Trump administration is hollowing out the Navy
Under the Trump administration, the Navy is on pace to build many fewer ships than it was under the Obama administration, and the maintenance backlog has gotten worse.
By Former Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Rear Adm. Michael Smith (ret.)
Worker’s death triggers $162K in fines for shipbuilder
The 58-year-old supervisor was working inside a tank on the aircraft carrier George Washington aircraft carrier when he fell to his death in August 2019.
Future amphib Tripoli delivered to the Navy
The Navy initially projected it would be arrive in late 2018 — not early 2020 — but the sea service took possession of the vessel on Friday.
By Carl Prine