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Galinis: Navy Looks To Recapitalize Public Shipyards Faster

Thursday, March 25th, 2021

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Galinis: Navy Looks To Recapitalize Public Shipyards Faster

Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va. (Photo: GAO)

This week a Navy official told a House panel the service is examining if they can speed up the effort to recapitalize the public shipyard infrastructure faster than the currently planned 20-year timeline. In 2018, the Navy announced the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Plan (SIOP) to help mitigate deficiencies and overall improve infrastructure at the four public shipyards that conduct maintenance and repair work on nuclear-powered vessels. It includes investments expected to cost $21 billion over 20 years to improve dry…

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