White House budget director calls for fifth public shipyard amid push to expand fleet
“From a maintenance standpoint, we're pushing hard for an additional public shipyard,” the OMB director said.
To tackle Navy’s aging docks, bases, SECNAV orders a new long-term infrastructure plan
Lawmakers are generally supportive of the Navy providing long-range views of their planning, but the service's record on delivering the documents on time is mixed.
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Navy taps AECOM to refurbish berths, dry docks for future aircraft carriers
The contract announcement is one in a series the Navy has made to revitalize its four public shipyards.
Navy’s SIOP dry dock costs grew 400 percent, at risk of years-long delays
Lawmakers have bemoaned cost overruns at SIOP, but never specified how bad it was.
Is a new Navy shipyard realistic, or just a ‘tall order?’
In interviews with Breaking Defense, lawmakers say they're concerned about the Navy's revitalization plan, but still aren't sold on a fifth public shipyard.
Bollinger Shipyards wins Navy contract to finish first two SIOP dry docks
The dry docks will aim to relieve submarine maintenance delays and deferrals through 2040.
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Lawmakers say Navy’s shipyard revitalization needs help from industry, public — and Congress
The congressmen say the problems SIOP is facing stem from public support, awareness and 'muscle memory' erosion in industry.
Rep. Luria wants shipyard funding boost in defense policy bill
“We need to make sure that we have a very … robust investment in our shipyards. I don't know if we can get that full amount," Luria said of a proposed shipyard supplemental.
Another $25B boost, this time for shipyards, proposed for NDAA
The bill to add $25 billion, mostly for Navy shipyards, faces long odds in the Senate this week, but it reflects lawmakers' impatience with the Pentagon's proposals.
Navy Establishes New Flag Officer Job To Oversee Shipyard Revamp Plans
Rear Adm. Troy McClelland has been tapped to lead the shipyard revitalization program.
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Navy awards $1.7B contract to expand Portsmouth shipyard
The contract award to 381 Constructors is part of the Navy's $21 billion effort to restore the four public shipyards.
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Over the next 25 years or so, the United States plans to recapitalize its triad of submarines, bombers, and missiles that deliver strategic nuclear weapons, building new versions of these weapons to extend a 50-year-old force structure for another half century. Yet today’s strategic environment is not that of the 1960s, and tomorrow’s may differ […]