
The Navy recently issued a solicitation starting a competition to contract for the detail design and construction (DD&C) of the AS(X) submarine recapitalization program. The notice said the solicitation will cover DD&C for up to two of the new submarine tenders alongside engineering and industrial support, crew familiarization, training equipment and provisioned item orders. The solicitation was originally released on July 31 and updated on Aug. 17. Submarine tenders help repair submarines with a combined civil serve mariner and uniformed…