Navy Rushes Shipbuilding Deals To Keep Yards Going In Pandemic
“We're gonna have to brave the storm together, especially some of the smaller suppliers,” said Lucas Hicks, vice president of new construction aircraft carrier programs.
“We're gonna have to brave the storm together, especially some of the smaller suppliers,” said Lucas Hicks, vice president of new construction aircraft carrier programs.
“I see no scenario where frigate isn't a major player where we're heading,” Navy acquisition chief says.
“The ship is kickass,” the ship's skipper said, extolling the new technologies that separate it from the current Nimitz-class carriers.
The Navy is pushing full-speed ahead, and its acquisition chief said the service is prepared to make other programs pay to keep on track.
Navy Secretary Richard Spencer continues to lay into aircraft carrier builder Huntington Ingalls, as his acquisition chief tries to smooth things over on Capitol Hill.
The Navy is rushing to fix its long-broken ship repair and overhaul pipeline as the service prepares itself for "a generational-level of submarine work."
The Navy's data is spread all over the place, but a $100 million effort by the Navy aims to change all that within two years.
The Navy's new $13 billion carrier has run into trouble, and the Navy has called in some outside help.
Capitol Hill has some concerns over the state of the Navy's Ford-class aircraft carrier, but the Navy is moving forward with next-generation technology, fixing as it goes.
Just days after Trump again ripped the program, the Navy says the over-budget, and overdue, carrier remains beset with problems.