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Defense firms outsource sub, carrier construction amid labor woes

If the Navy's prime shipbuilders can't bring enough workers to their facilities, they're looking to outsource more work to manufacturers elsewhere.

By Megan Eckstein

7 weeks ago

Amid hiring boom, defense firms say labor shortage is dragging them down

Labor shortfalls rooted in the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic remain a millstone around the neck of the defense industry, forcing firms to juggle staff, hold job fairs and find workarounds to keep operations running as smoothly as possible.

By Joe Gould and Stephen Losey

4 months ago

Kennedy carrier cannibalized to ensure USS Gerald R. Ford is ready to go next year

Officials said the effort was due to the lack of a spare parts supply system for the next-generation carriers, but some wonder why the Navy didn't have this sorted out already.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz and Diana Stancy Correll

13 months ago

Stricken warship Fitzgerald returns to the water

The guided-missile destroyer left dry dock this week, Navy officials said.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

4 years ago

Navy destroyer to be named after Ted Stevens

At the time of his death, he had been the longest continuously serving U.S. senator, with a tenure that lasted between 1968 and 2009.

4 years ago

Navy to name warship after heroic Vietnam POW

Jeremiah Denton was shot down over North Vietnam in 1965 and blinked the word "torture" in Morse code during a TV interview the following year.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

4 years ago