Sign In
Search
Navy/USMC

GAO Says Half of Navy Amphibs In Poor Condition, 31-Ship Floor At Risk

Rich Abott By
SHARE:
GAO Says Half of Navy Amphibs In Poor Condition, 31-Ship Floor At Risk
Figure 6: Navy Assessment of the Condition of Ships in the Amphibious Warfare Fleet, from the Dec. 3, 2024 GAO report, Amphibious Warfare Fleet: Navy Needs to Complete Key Efforts to Better Ensure Ships Are Available for Marines. (Image: GAO)

A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released this week gave a grim assessment that with half of the Navy’s amphibious ships in poor condition, the service has significant risk of not maintaining the congressionally-mandated 31-ship fleet minimum.  The GAO report published Dec. 3, Amphibious Warfare Fleet: Navy Needs to Complete Key Efforts to Better Ensure Ships Are Available for Marines, bluntly stated that “half of the Navy’s amphibious ships are in poor condition and amphibious ship maintenance often takes longer…

Subscriber-only content. Please log in below.

Not a subscriber or registered user yet?

Please contact us at [email protected] or call us at 888-707-5814 (Monday – Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and Friday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET.), to start a free trial, get pricing information, order a reprint, or post an article link on your website.

Recommended

Navy/USMC

Wicker Says Navy Approved Multi-Ship Amphib Buy

Navy/USMC

Commandant Guidance Pushes For New Tech On Amphibs

Navy/USMC

SECNAV Confirms Amphib Multi-Ship Buy Coming Soon

Navy/USMC

BAE Nabs Over $200 Million In Maintenance And Modernization Contracts For DGG and Amphib

Trending

Red Cat Expects LRIP Order Soon For Army’s SRR Small Drone, ‘Aggressive’ Ramp Up In FY ‘26
Golden Dome Head Outlines Near Term Goals, Space-Based Interceptors, And Undecided Architecture
Armada Announces $131 Million Funding Raise To Scale Relocatable Data Center
DoD Acquisition Chief Supports HASC’s Reform Proposal, Lawmakers Urge More Communication
Lockheed Martin Outlines $1.6 Billion In Charges, Including Skunk Works Program

Contract Updates

BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) – $48,000,000

BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc., Boulder, Colorado, was awarded a $48,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the study, design, development, enhancement, testing, and procurement of advanced communication-electronics technologies. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and…

Portus Stevedoring LLC (Jacksonville, Florida) – $8,292,583

Portus Stevedoring LLC, Jacksonville, Florida, is awarded a not-to-exceed $8,292,583 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a five-year ordering period for stevedoring and related terminal services. This contract provides for full range of stevedoring and related terminal services to include the receipt,…

Foster Miller doing business as QinetiQ North America (Waltham, Massachusetts) – $11,310,230

Foster Miller, doing business as QinetiQ North America, Waltham, Massachusetts, is awarded an $11,310,230 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00174-21-D-0019) to exercise Option Year Four for production, engineering support, and post-production support of the MK 2 Man…

EnergySolutions Services Inc. (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) – $13,336,650

EnergySolutions Services Inc., Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is being awarded a $13,336,650 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract action (N42158-25-D-E001) for nuclear services for the processing, recycling and disposal of radiologic materials through disassembly, decontamination, metal melting, compaction, incineration, resin sluicing/dewater, bulk waste assay…

The Force Multipliers

Force Multipliers

Force Multipliers – Fred Taylor

Force Multipliers

Force Multipliers – Adam Maruyama

Force Multipliers

Chris Wilson – Qlik

Force Multipliers

Tim Solms – Slingshot Aerospace

Job Feed

Post a Job // Post a Resume