The Navy isn’t part of an Army/Air Force project to build a new tactical network, though the CNO said he wants the Navy’s version to “plug into JADC2” once it’s up and running.
By Paul McLearyThe SecDef wants more money for the Navy’s shipbuilding account, and one way to get it is to dip into an existing account, a powerful Congressman says.
By Paul McLeary“We don’t have enough capacity for peacetime” repairs, said Rear Adm. Eric Ver Hage. “We can’t get ships delivered on time with the predictability we need today.”
By Paul McLearyA DoD paper for Congress suggests COVID could shut down shipyards, but Navy officials and analysts say there is little risk.
By Paul McLearyThe disclosure comes as the Pentagon has been looking for ways to backstop key parts of its industrial base as supply chains slowed due to the COVID epidemic.
By Paul McLearyThe plan will include options to lease new breakers or build new nuclear-powered ships as Russia and China leap ahead of US capabilities in the Arctic.
By Paul McLearyHouse Democrats want to add $2.5 billion to build a second Virginia-class submarine next year. Senate Republicans would rather spend on destroyers and amphibious ships.
By Paul McLearyWith contractors on the way, the union and the company remain at an impasse even as seven Navy destroyers languish pierside.
By Paul McLearyThere are no talks scheduled between striking union workers and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, but leaders have started exchanging letters.
By Paul McLearyThe HASC draft largely agrees with SASC on cutting robot ships and adding manned ones, but the two are far apart on Joint Strike Fighters.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.Skeptical senators on the Senate Armed Services Committee want to slow down bleeding-edge prototypes, while building up more traditional weapons.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.As delays in getting ships delivered on time worsen, Navy acquisition chief James Geurts said, “It is critical for our Navy that we get ships, we get them on the schedule we contract for them, and that we have high confidence in our shipbuilders to deliver.”
By Paul McLearyAt the service’s four public shipyards that perform the majority of repair work on the submarine and carrier fleets, some 25 percent of workers are not clocking in for their regular shifts.
By Paul McLeary“Last year we hired 1,800 people, which was the most hired for 30 years I think,” BIW President Dirk Lesko said. “We probably would have hired 500 or 600 more people last year if we could have.”
By Paul McLeary