Latest "Shipbuilding" stories

Navy applies lessons from costly shipbuilding mistakes

Navy officials say they’re slowing down the design and purchase of the next-generation destroyer, dubbed DDG(X), to ensure new technology has matured.

3 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

8 months ago

The Navy’s shipbuilder oversight offices are underutilized, watchdog agency reports

The Navy’s Supervisors of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair could do more to ensure ships enter the fleet on time and on budget, according to a new report.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

11 months ago

‘No company is immune’: Supply chain woes weigh on defense firms

Supply chain problems have hit all sides of the defense industry in unexpected ways — and small businesses with narrower profit margins are particularly worried about how they can weather this storm.

By Stephen Losey

16 months ago

Lawmakers to debate defense hike, Afghanistan at NDAA markup

Sparring over the size of the defense budget and partisan recriminations over the U.S. exit from Afghanistan are expected to dominate the House Armed Services Committee’s marathon markup of its annual policy bill on Wednesday.

19 months ago

House appropriators would protect three of four littoral combat ships

House appropriators ripped a proposal to decommission four littoral combat ships contained in President Joe Biden’s Pentagon budget request for next year as “a misuse of taxpayer funds.”

By Joe Gould and Megan Eckstein

21 months ago