industrial base

About 2,500 workers represented by the Marine Draftsmen’s Association (MDA) UAW Local 571 union might go on strike if the union and shipbuilder General Dynamics Electric Boat [GD] do not […]

President Trump on Wednesday signed a sweeping executive order aimed at vastly changing the government’s maritime policy and pushing for more investments in domestic shipbuilding. The large, 24-section order is […]

The president and CEO of HII [HII] this week downplayed how much impact Trump administration aluminum and steel tariffs would have on the shipbuilding supply chain while noting adding Australian […]

The head of the naval nuclear propulsion program this week argued submarine shipbuilding is improving, in part thanks to new technologies. While the U.S. Navy and submarine industrial base are […]

HII [HII] named Australia’s VEEM Ltd. as one of the first companies that will join a submarine supplier pilot program HII is leading to help connect Australian firms to the […]

The vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee this week said the new director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) seems open to a Navy and industry […]

Three House members on Thursday introduced a bill that would create a new maritime industrial base commission to study and make recommendations on the U.S. maritime industry. The bill, called […]

The Navy’s top procurement official and several independent analysts told lawmakers Tuesday that boosting wages and working through labor shortages are the most important factors in fixing naval shipbuilding. “I […]

Leonardo DRS [DRS] and General Atomics [GA] on Monday disclosed the details of separate new contracts aimed at expanding submarine parts production for both Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines and Virginia-class […]

The ranking member of the House Armed Services Seapower subcommittee criticized President Trump for his announcement of new steel and aluminum tariffs days after Australia sent its first increment of  […]