Opinion: To build ships faster, the Navy needs to change how it designs them
Two days before Thanksgiving, Navy Secretary John Phelan announced the cancellation of the $22 billion 20 ship Constellation ...
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U.S. Navy secretary's "strategic shift" sinks four frigates
The Constellation-class frigate program appears dead in the water. Of the six warships on the books, four are now nixed. Why ...
Navy secretary: To be a 'superpower,' you must be a 'sea power'
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan reflects on 250 years of the Navy, what surprises him about his position and more on 'My ...
Secretary of the Navy says drug cartels are launching 'attack on the country' with narcotics
America deploys major naval assets against drug cartels while Navy secretary warns of China's growing fleet in new homeland defense operation launch.
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Navy secretary says it's hard to get workers to want to build warships if they get paid what they might make at Buc-ee's or Amazon
US Navy Secretary John Phelan said the service is focused on improving wages for shipbuilders. Officials, experts, and industry figures have all said that competitive pay is needed to hire and retain ...
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US Secretary of the Navy: Indiana will provide industry to retool US Navy
U.S. Secretary of the Navy John Phelan said Wednesday that Indiana will be essential to modernizing the military branch. Phelan told Indiana defense industry leaders that they are key to retooling the ...
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Navy Secretary warns workers can make more at Amazon instead of building America’s warships: ‘It’s hard to get that person to want to do that job’
Convincing workers to spend their days welding at a shipyard, when they could earn a similar amount of money working behind the counter of an air-conditioned Buc-ee’s, is one of the biggest obstacles ...
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US navy halts constellation-class frigate project amid mounting delays and escalating costs
In a significant setback to America’s naval ambitions, the US Navy has called off plans to procure Constellation-class frigates, a project once considered vital to counter China’s rapidly expanding ...