By Geoff Fein The Navy and the shipbuilding industry need to get into serial production that could also include moving to common hulls forms to keep production costs down and enable investment in facilities, according to a Northrop Grumman [NOC] official. Additionally, thinking about return on investment over a class of ships could get at some of the issues impacting shipbuilding, Mike Petters, president of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, told Defense Daily earlier this week. There's a broad agreement, philosophically, that…
Moving To Serial Production of Ships Requires Examining Return On Investment
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