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Navy, Industry Still Talking Over What Ship Designs Could Best Support Distributed Maritime Ops

5 December 2019

The guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) sails in the Arabian Sea. Bainbridge is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region. US Navy photo.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Navy and industry are still facing a lot of unknowns during a “dynamic” conversation about what ships to build and how to best support future operations, leaders said today.

What they do know, Acting Secretary of the Navy...

https://news.usni.org/2019/12/05/navy-industry-still-talking-over-what-ship-designs-could-best-support-distributed-maritime-ops

HII: Block V Virginia SSN Contract Balances Budget Realities With Operational Needs

8 November 2019

Rendering of Block V Virginia-class submarine with Virginia Payload Module. General Dynamics Electric Boat Image

Negotiations to build the Block V Virginia-class submarines will likely result in a contract for fewer subs than what Congress authorized, than the Navy wants and than industry can build, a shipbuilding executive told Wall Street analysts on Thursday.

Mike Petters, chief executive of shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries, described the Navy’s ongoing Block V negotiations as an...

https://news.usni.org/2019/11/07/hii-block-v-virginia-ssn-contract-balances-budget-realities-with-operational-needs

Navy to Update 2 Dry Docks to Accommodate Ford-Class Carriers

30 August 2019

Newport News Shipbuilding floods Dry Dock 12 to float the first-in-class aircraft carrier, Pre-Commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) on Oct. 11, 2013. Navy photo

Only one of the Navy’s 18 dry docks used for maintaining the nuclear-powered carrier fleet can support a Ford-class carrier, Navy officials told USNI News.

Dry Dock 8 at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard can handle a Ford-class carrier, but only after a temporary cooling water systems is set up. A permanent cooling water system and other...

https://news.usni.org/2019/08/30/navy-to-update-2-dry-docks-to-accommodate-ford-class-carriers

Huntington Ingalls Industries Anticipates High Navy UUV Demand

6 August 2019

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ unmanned undersea vehicle Proteus during a 30-day simulated unmanned mission. Huntington Ingalls Industries photo.

Huntington Ingalls Industries is preparing for a future where unmanned undersea vehicles are as integral to the Navy’s fleet as are capital ships, the company’s chief executive told analysts last week.

HII expects the Navy will soon request ships that look and function quite differently than the platforms it buys today, Mike Petters, HII’s chief...

https://news.usni.org/2019/08/06/huntington-ingalls-industries-anticipates-high-navy-uuv-demand

Amphibious Assault Ship Tripoli’s Delivery Pushed To Late 2019 or Early 2020

2 August 2019

Tripoli (LHA-7) is launched at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. on March 1, 2017. US Navy Photo

The Navy will not commission its second America-class amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA-7) this fall as originally planned, according to its builder.

The Navy had expected to receive Tripoli in late 2019, according to media reports. HII pushed delivery to the end of 2019 or even into 2020 as the company works through some technical design issues with the ship’s...

https://news.usni.org/2019/08/01/amphibious-assault-ship-tripolis-delivery-pushed-to-late-2019-or-early-2020

Budget Concerns Led Huntington Ingalls to Sit Out Coast Guard Icebreaker Contest

2 May 2019

Ingalls Shipbuilding lands the 700-ton deckhouse on the amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA 7) on July 9, 2016. Ingalls Shipbuilding photo.

The U.S. Coast Guard offered industry the potential for a multi-ship, multi-year, multi-billion-dollar program in its heavy icebreaker competition – but funding uncertainties gave some of the nation’s largest shipbuilders cold feet when it came time to bid.

Mike Petters, chief executive of Huntington Ingalls Industries, said his company opted to pass on...

https://news.usni.org/2019/05/02/budget-concerns-led-huntington-ingalls-to-sit-out-coast-guard-icebreaker-contest

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