The size of the U.S. Navy’s fleet and the debate over how to increase it took center stage at a Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing Tuesday.
In particular, senators expressed concern after a recent study found multiple important shipbuilding programs are running years behind schedule.
The delays come “despite unprecedented support by Congress. Headlines and delays like this…
Navy creates program office to manage nuclear carrier defuelings
November 30, 2023
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy has established a new program office to plan and manage aircraft carrier inactivations, defuelings and dismantlements, as the service readies for that work to become more common.
The Navy still hasn’t fully completed the first…
