ARLINGTON – The Navy’s top shipbuilding officer the service needs to focus on speeding delivery of new ships to the fleet, he said on Thursday. The service and industry “need to look for areas where we can speed decision-making,” Vice Adm. Bill Galinis, who heads the Naval Sea Systems Command, said at the National Defense Industrial Association Expeditionary Warfare Conference. For the Navy, reducing the time for shipbuilding lies in the design phase. In the yard, “how do learn from ship-to-ship” in how to hold down costs and increase the construction pace, he asked rhetorically. Agility is a must to meet the … Continue reading NAVSEA CO: Navy Needs to Accelerate Delivery of Ships to the Fleet