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Navy/USMC

Industry Officials Question Navy’s Approach To CHAMP Future Auxiliary Ships Program

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, August 9th, 2018

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Industry Officials Question Navy’s Approach To CHAMP Future Auxiliary Ships Program

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Officials from several shipbuilding companies expressed concern Thursday that the Navy’s Common Hull Auxiliary Multi-mission Platform (CHAMP) effort to procure future auxiliary ships that would phase out legacy classes and encompass a wider range of requirements may be overlooking critical hull developments in industry.Representatives from Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII], General Dynamics [GD] NASSCO and Austal at a Marine Corps working group event expressed support for CHAMP but cautioned for a need to focus on advanced modularity and improved modernization methods…

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