The US Navy is undergoing significant changes in its shipbuilding programs, with a focus on increasing submarine procurement. This shift is causing a workforce crisis as the industrial base struggles to meet the demand. Washington is urged to implement institutional changes to address these challenges, as construction yards in the US face billions of dollars worth of backlogged orders.
From today's #ThreatStatus newsletter: The service has 16 of the submarines appropriated, with 14 currently under contract. But construction yards in the U.S. have “tens of billions of dollars” worth of backlogged orders. https://t.co/pGCHc8d9EE
To tackle the U.S. Navy’s workforce crisis and expand its industrial capacity, Washington should adopt a two-pronged institutional shift. https://t.co/fZXkF3944x
The most recent 30-year ship building plan intends to dramatically increase the scale of submarine procurement. This scale-up will only complicate and deepen the workforce crisis as the industrial base struggles to deliver even more submarines. https://t.co/fZXkF3944x
The US Navy has acknowledged major shifts to the right in major shipbuilding programs. https://t.co/olZX95s2mW
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