PEO Ships Maturing Systems Ahead of Large Surface Combatant Design Effort
The Program Executive Officer for Ships wants any future ship class to maximize the use of mature technologies and to…
BIW Workers Sign off on New Labor Deal, Head Back To Work
The striking employees at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works voted to support a deal with the shipbuilder and have gone…
Bath Iron Works Strikers, Shipyard Reach Tentative Deal
After partaking in mediation proceedings the last few weeks, striking shipbuilders at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and the shipyard…
Bath Iron Works Strikers Ready to Negotiate After Appeals to Congress, Navy
After waging a campaign to lobby Congress and the Navy, the workers at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works want to…
Bath Iron Works on Striking Union: ‘Ball is in Their Court’
Management of General Dynamics Bath Iron Works told a local on-strike machinists union they are unwilling to budge on the…
Bath Iron Works Employees On Strike After Yard, Union Unable to Agree on Measures Taken to Reduce Backlog
The unionized workforce at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works began its strike today, further delaying work on two destroyer programs…
House Defense Bill Pushes Hypersonic Weapons for Zumwalt Destroyers, Slows LUSV Procurement
The House Armed Services Committee may force the Navy to begin integrating hypersonic weapons onto the Zumwalt class of destroyers,…
Bath Iron Works, Machinists Union Still Haven’t Reached Work Agreement Ahead of Contract Expiration This Weekend
The General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard and the local chapter of the Machinists Union are days from their current…
One Year In, SURFDEVRON Ready to Speed Up At-Sea Testing, Prototype Deliveries
One year after the stand-up of the Navy’s development group to test new concepts in surface warfare, the command is…
GAO: Navy Needs More Risk Awareness to Prevent Cost, Schedule Overruns
A lack of risk awareness in recent years has prevented Navy acquisition officials from anticipating technology hiccups, delays and potential cost-overruns,…