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How Sequestration Slams Small Business
George Hill is president of Advex Corporation, a company based in Hampton, Virginia and a member of the Aircraft Carrier Industrial Base Coalition (ACIBC). Unless Congress acts to change the existing...
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Run Silent, Go Deep: Drone-Launching Subs To Be Navy’s ‘Wide Receivers’
WASHINGTON: This Saturday the Navy will christen its newest nuclear-powered submarine, the $2.6 billion USS Minnesota at the Newport News shipyard in Virginia. Countless movies have cemented the...
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Sen. McCain Slams $2.5B Carrier Cost Increase; Navy Struggles To Fund SSBN-X,...
The $13 billion supercarrier USS Ford under construction in Newport News, Va. CAPITOL HILL: It’s been a rough 48 hours for the US Navy. Yesterday, the Littoral Combat Ship was battered by House...
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Aircraft Carriers: How Budget Cuts Delay Overhauls And Trim The Fleet
With all the services reining in spending to cope with the current budget crisis, the second and third-order effects of cutbacks will ripple through the force for years. While the Army “has it worst”...
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Sequester Could Kill Shipyards, Says CNO Greenert
WASHINGTON: Navy readiness won’t fully recover from the second-order effects of the 2013 sequester for another year, the Chief of Naval Operations said this morning — and if the Budget Control Act cuts...
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Sub Builders Face Triple Threat: Ohio, Virginia, & VPM
CAPITOL HILL: It’s a problem the US Navy wants to have, but it’s still a problem. If the service gets enough money both to build its top priority, the Ohio Replacement Program nuclear missile...
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Half Of Shipbuilders ‘1 Contract Away’ From Bust: Stackley
WASHINGTON: “About half” of the shipyards building US Navy vessels are “one contract away” from leaving the business, the Navy’s top procurement officer told the Senate today. After decades of decline...
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Jet Cars, Radars, & The Ford-Class Carrier
NAVY YARD: At almost $13 billion, the cutting-edge aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford (CVN-78) has become a byword for military overruns. With the Ford‘s cost now stable and the costs of the second ship,...
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‘Carrier Gap’ In Gulf Is A Symptom, Not A Crisis
The geostrategic sky isn’t falling because the US won’t have an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf region for a period this fall. Land-based aircraft will do an excellent job of striking ISIL,...
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Ohio Replacement Plan Is Good News For Electric Boat
The Navy’s plan for building new nuclear missile submarines — the $80 billion Ohio Replacement Program — tips the balance between the nations’ sub-builders in favor of New England-based Electric Boat....
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Navy Seeks To Boost Shipbuilding: Amphibs, Subs, Destroyers
CAPITOL HILL: Despite tight budgets at the Pentagon, the Navy wants to speed-up several shipbuilding programs — amphibious warships, destroyers, and submarines — and Congress seems inclined to give...
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Welding Problems Fixed For Virginia Subs; Carter Tours Electric Boat
UPDATED with Carter statement, Electric Boat clarifications, Hill comment ELECTRIC BOAT, GROTON, CT: Shipbuilders are fixing the biggest problem on one of the Pentagon’s top priorities, the Navy’s...
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Navy Seeks 2nd Attack Sub In 2021
WASHINGTON: Got subs? The Navy sounds increasingly confident it can squeeze an extra submarine into its construction plans. The additional Virginia-class attack sub, to be funded in the 2021 budget,...
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Kendall Says Full Speed Ahead On Navy Nuke Missile Subs: $128B Columbia Class
WASHINGTON: Pentagon procurement chief Frank Kendall just approved the Navy’s top-priority program, the Columbia-class nuclear missile submarine, to start detailed design work and engineering. Known in...
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Navy Will Get Supercarrier USS Ford In April – Finally
UPDATED with Rep. Wittman comment WASHINGTON: The long-delayed super-carrier USS Ford is “99 percent” complete and will be delivered to the Navy in April, the Navy announced late Wednesday. A date for...
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Trump Calls For 12 Carriers, But How Fast Will We Get There?
Speaking today on the hangar deck of the almost-completed aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, President Donald Trump explicitly pledged to build “the 12-carrier Navy we need.” Ever since the USS...
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355-Ship Navy Takes At Least 18 Years: CBO
President Trump and the US Navy want a 355-ship fleet, but even if you double shipbuilding budgets compared to historic levels, it can’t be done until 2032, at least 12 years after the end of Trump’s...
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Jet Cars, Radars, & The Ford-Class Carrier
NAVY YARD: At almost $13 billion, the cutting-edge aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford (CVN-78) has become a byword for military overruns. With the Ford‘s cost now stable and the costs of the second ship,...
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‘Carrier Gap’ In Gulf Is A Symptom, Not A Crisis
The geostrategic sky isn’t falling because the US won’t have an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf region for a period this fall. Land-based aircraft will do an excellent job of striking ISIL,...
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Ohio Replacement Plan Is Good News For Electric Boat
The Navy’s plan for building new nuclear missile submarines — the $80 billion Ohio Replacement Program — tips the balance between the nations’ sub-builders in favor of New England-based Electric Boat....
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