Defense One | November 18, 2024

As the Navy battles ongoing schedule delays, supply chain problems, and workforce challenges  in its effort to produce more submarines, the service may need to turn to private repair shipyards to rebuild capacity, says the vice chair of the House Armed Services Committee. 

“I would argue that there is some additional capability at existing yards. But one of the untapped potentials there are the ship maintenance yards,” Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., said at a Defense One event. “Ship maintenance yards have a whole bow wave of work that comes in, they get the work done, and then the work drops off.” 

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