GAO Report on Predictive Maintenance on Weapon Systems
The following is the December 2022 Government Accountability Office report, Military Readiness: Actions Needed to Further Implement Predictive Maintenance on…
NAVSEA: Navy ‘Struggling’ to Get Attack Subs Out of Repairs on Time as Demand Increases
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Less than a third of the Navy’s attack submarines have made it out of maintenance on…
GAO Report on Navy Shipbuilding Oversight
The following is the April Government Accountability Office report, Navy Shipbuilding: Increasing Supervisors of Shipbuilding Responsibility Could Help Improve Program…
CBO: Navy Still Needs Bigger Workforce To Dig Out of Submarine Maintenance Backlog
The Navy still has major challenges in digging out of its longstanding submarine maintenance backlog even after growing the workforce…
GAO Report on Navy Maintenance Delays
The following is the Oct. 29, 2020 Government Accountability Office report, Navy Maintenace: Navy Report Did Not Fully Address Causes…
NAVSEA: Analysis of Ship Repair Processes Led to Better On-Time Rates, More Realistic Schedules
The chief of naval operations in January threw down an aggressive goal for surface ship maintenance: zero days lost to…
GAO: Naval Shipyards Still Under-Resourced; Delays On Sub, Carrier Work Will Continue
It’s no secret that the Navy’s four public shipyards have prioritized attack submarines last, instead of focusing the yards’ limited…
Carrier Truman Enters Shipyard for Short Repair Period After Back-to-Back Deployments
Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) arrived at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard yesterday to begin a short maintenance period…
Navy Calling Up 1,600 Reservists to Fill in For Shipyard Workers Out for COVID-19
The Navy is activating 1,629 reservists to help reduce a carrier and submarine maintenance backlog at its public shipyards that…
NAVSEA Says Attack Sub Repairs Much Improved as USS Boise Enters Yard Following 4-Year Wait
After years of struggling to conduct attack submarine maintenance – with the four public naval shipyards prioritizing SSN work last,…