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Navy Private Shipyard Investment Plan To Mirror SIOP

Tuesday, September 17th, 2019

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Navy Private Shipyard Investment Plan To Mirror SIOP

BAE's ship repair yard in Norfolk, Va. (Photo: BAE Systems)

The Navy’s top shipbuilding officials recently said a new private shipyard investment plan will “mirror” the currently underway Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Plan (SIOP). The Navy’s first naval vessel long-range plan for maintenance and modernization plan was released with the Fiscal Year 2020 budget request in March. While the document highlighted the need for more dry docks and is developing a plan for more, it said the Navy is working on a Private Shipyard Optimization (PSO) plan (Defense Daily, March 22).…

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