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Posted on 10/22/2025 11:18:04 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111
A stark warning argues the U.S. Navy’s bedrock is “cracking” due to an industrial crisis. The fleet is shrinking and aging, while critical maintenance like the USS Ohio’s overhaul faced long delays. New ship programs are behind schedule and over budget. American shipyards lack the capacity and workforce to keep pace, creating a dangerous gap as rivals like China rapidly expand.
-The proposed solution is harsh medicine: retire obsolete ships to free resources, launch a massive shipyard modernization effort, and adopt realistic shipbuilding plans.
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You always see an article like this when appropriation talks are coming up.
Contractors are not the problem. Government complexity to procurement is the devil.
You always see an article like this when appropriation talks are coming up.
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Why not? It’s necessary.
I was in military manufacturing for several years. While the latter is certainly true, the former is not. The contractors all know there's more money in paperwork than there is in producing working products. I have seen both good and bad there, with the latter shipping knowingly defective products because the penalties for warranty items were less than the late fees.
That’s part of the problem. I would say that too many Americans don’t want to work and many that do don’t take pride in their work is another problem
Just a wild assed guess but probably lousy management at every level and a profound lack of skilled, proficient workforce.
I had an interview at GD in Bath Maine. If their leadership was any more feckless and DEI saturated I assume every ship builder with a US government contract is behind schedule, massively over budget, and turning out crap.
“Just a wild assed guess but probably lousy management at every level and a profound lack of skilled, proficient workforce.”
The pay is garbage. What they were offering me in an engineering position was laughable. I thought they were joking when they gave me the written offer. It was like that Spiderman meme. “Wait, you’re serious.”
We forced kids who never should have gone to college to believe that was the only option. Now we are critically short on skilled trades. One might be convinced this was the plan all along.
99% of all delays and cost overruns are because of government. Defense acquisition is a disaster.
Based on your daily posts from your blog, its a wonder anyone in the military can drag their ass out of their bunks every morning, knowing that they will be destroyed the first time they fire their weapons, float their ships, or fly a plane.
Why bother any more?
//sarcasm and disdain.
Diverse in Bath Maine?
They must have to ship people in from MA.
I worked in Falmouth ME. The only black people I saw was when the Celtics were playing on TV.
The Navy wasted about $100 billion on Littoral combat ships. Final cost per ship was over twice the original projected cost. Now the Navy is decommissioning the LCS ships because of high maintenance costs and they would be worthless in combat against China.
The FFG Constellation Program, based on the
Fincantieri Marinette Marine design, is also in the midst of imploding as the Navy takes an established design and redesigns it.
“… Government complexity to procurement is the devil...”
Amen!
Y’all don’t need shipwrights, pipe fitters, or welders.
I got it, you can hire some college grads.
A young Engineering grad I know interviewed at a military shipyard and said the same thing - offer was laughable.
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