Navy Expects Widespread COVID-19 Testing in Shipyards Later This Year
While capacity at the Navy’s shipyards has nearly returned to pre-COVID-19 rates, the service does not expect to have widespread…
GAO Report on Navy Ship Sustainment
The following is the March 24, 2020, Government Accountability Office report, Navy Shipbuilding: Increasing Focus on Sustainment Early in the…
NAVSEA Considering Changing Pricing Of Ship Maintenance Awards
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Changing how the Navy awards ship maintenance contracts could improve how private shipyards finish work on time,…
FY 2020 U.S. Navy 30-Year Maintenance, Modernization Plan
The following is the Navy’s Report to Congress on the Lon-Range Plan for Maintenance and Modernization of Naval Vessels for…
Carrier USS Harry Truman On Sea Trials Following 10-Month Availability
Carrier USS Harry Truman (CVN-75) is back at sea after ten months in the yard for a planned maintenance availability,…
Navy to Trump: We Need Maintenance Funded Before New Ships
The message Navy leaders are sending to President-elect Donald Trump’s team is: We need money to keep the current 274…
USS Harry S. Truman Maintenance On Track Despite Previous Avail Being Cut Short
Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman’s (CVN-75) 10-month maintenance availability is progressing on schedule despite its last maintenance period being…
Outgoing Fleet Forces CO: ‘I Could Have Done Better’
More than a decade ago, Navy leaders decided to abandon historic standards for ship-manning levels and for shipboard maintenance, supposedly…