Del Toro reiterates call for new investment in U.S. shipyards

Over the past forty years, America’s maritime shipbuilding capabilities and capacity have atrophied,” said Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro, in a keynote speech at a Navy League Sea Air Space 2024 luncheon, in which he again called for a increase in military shipbuilding capacity.

“Right now, we build the most-capable warships in the world in shipyards that are decades behind the global technological standard,” said Secretary Del Toro “This is an inefficient approach requiring far too much...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/del-toro-reiterates-call-for-new-investment-in-u-s-shipyards/

Former VCNO: China Ahead of U.S. in Applying Data to Military Use

Operations Specialist Letroy Black, from Little Rock, Arkansas, monitors data units in the combat direction center aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69). US Navy Photo

China’s push to harness “quality data” for military use has put Beijing “way ahead of us” in this area of high technology, but the Pentagon remains the leader in domain expertise like anti-submarine warfare and artificial intelligence, a former vice chief of naval operations said last week.

Retired Adm....

https://news.usni.org/2021/11/22/former-vcno-china-ahead-of-u-s-in-applying-data-to-military-use

Panel: Future Fleet Numbers Not As Important As Capabilities Like Sealift, Unmanned

Terrance Wells, from San Diego, ties straps for a containment project on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) on Oct. 26, 2020. US Navy Photo

A panel of Navy experts is hopeful that discussions around the future naval fleet will focus on big-picture questions – how will the Navy and the nation pay for modernizing the sealift fleet, do unmanned craft count as ships, and how does the sea service balance the needs of small and large shipyards as it...

https://news.usni.org/2021/03/01/panel-future-fleet-numbers-not-as-important-as-capabilities-like-sealift-unmanned

Buzby: Declining Ship Numbers, Opportunities Causing Merchant Marine Talent Loss

World War II Merchant Marine recruiting poster.

The Maritime Administration’s top official warns of “a bleed-off of talent” in the merchant fleet because there are fewer ships for each year’s maritime academy graduates to serve on and even fewer chances of a long career.

The American merchant marine is at least 1,800 officers short of what’s needed to meet sustained wartime needs of more than four-to-six weeks of operations in a contested environment, said retired Rear Adm. Mark Buzby, speaking...

https://news.usni.org/2019/08/22/buzby-declining-ship-numbers-opportunities-causing-merchant-marine-talent-loss

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