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InternationalHII Wins Australian Contract To Help Aussies Qualify as Sub Suppliers
The Australian government awarded HII’s [HII] Australian subsidiary a $6 million contract to deliver a new submarine supplier qualification pilot to help Australian companies qualify to enter the U.S. submarine […]
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Navy/USMCCBO Details Downsides Of AUKUS Sub Sales
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) review of the Navy’s latest 30-year shipbuilding plan highlighted how the planned submarine sales to Australia under the AUKUS agreement are likely to lower total […]
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Navy/USMCTrump Admin May Be More Receptive To Industry Shipyard Plan, HII CEO Says
The CEO of shipbuilder HII [HII] said the incoming Trump administration is likely more receptive to a plan developed by the Navy and industry to improve shipyard wages and quicken […]
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Navy/USMCWhite House Requests $7.3 Billion To Keep Funding Columbia, Virginia Sub Construction Shortfall
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Monday requested another $7.3 billion from Congress to continue to build the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) and cover shortfalls […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Pushing Through Obstacles To Two Attack Subs Plus Columbia By 2028, Boosting Industrial Base By 140,000 Workers
A Navy submarine official last week reiterated their “North Star” plans to increase submarine production to two Virginia-class attack submarines (SSN) and one Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine annually by 2028, […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Plans Virginia Subs Go To Block Eight Before SSN(X) Starts
The Navy director for Naval Reactors said the service plans to at least reach Block Eight on Virginia-class attack submarines before moving on to next-generation submarines now planned for the […]
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Navy/USMCSenators Push OMB To Assess New Sub Funding Idea, Knock Navy On Hill Comms
A bipartisan group of senators expressed cautious optimism at a scheme to shift submarine funding to improve current production rates but also knocked the Navy for insufficient communication with Congress […]
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Navy/USMCHASC Leaders Press Navy For Details And Fixing Plans To HII-NNS Faulty Welds
Leaders in the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and its seapower subcommittee on Oct. 3 sent a letter to Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro with several pointed questions […]
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Navy/USMCAUKUS Defense Ministers Announce New U.K.-Australia Treaty And Shared P-8 Torpedoes
The defense ministers of the AUKUS countries on Thursday announced new advances in their agreement to share technologies, including negotiations on a new U.K.-Australian defense treaty about sharing nuclear-powered submarine […]
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Navy/USMCHAC-D Chairman Criticizes SECNAV For Submarine Cost Growth, Cites $17 Billion SSN Shoftfall
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, heavily criticized Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro about significant cost overruns and delays in submarine and ship […]
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