Navy Launches ‘No Notice’ Fire Safety Assessments At All Shipyards
The new policy comes as a result of the loss of the Bonhomme Richard in July 2020.
The new policy comes as a result of the loss of the Bonhomme Richard in July 2020.
The company is anticipating a contract later this year for work associated with backfitting Flight IIA destroyers.
A committee aide said the Navy is "playing a dangerous game" when it includes major battle force ships on its unfunded priority list.
“We've got FFG-62. We're going to have another DDG variant at some point and then we've got the unmanned stuff. How do I introduce it to the fleet? What does that look like?” said Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, the service’s top surface warfare officer.
A senior Navy admiral says the service is "pretty good" at firefighting at sea, but conceded "education" and "spot checking" is necessary at the shipyards.