The US needs to significantly augment its shipbuilding workforce to meet the country's construction and maintenance demands, US Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro noted on 14 December during a keynote speech at the 3rd Naval Nuclear Submarine an.
While questions remain about the ability of Australia, the UK, and the US (AUKUS) to meet submarine requirement commitments for their AUKUS Pillar 1 agreement, the trio of defence partners detailed more specific Pillar 2 ambitions on 1 Decem.
Australia, the UK, and the US will need to depend on industry and more streamlined processes for sharing data and technology for their AUKUS agreement to succeed, according to US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Se.
Ships, aircraft, and personnel from the USS (CVN 78) Carrier Strike Group (CSG 12) and the USS (CVN 69) Carrier Strike Group (CSG 2) trained on high-value unit defence, ballistic missile defence, replenishments-at-sea, cross-deck flight oper.
HII's Newport News Shipbuilding has turned over 70% of aircraft carrier (CVN 79) compartments to the US Navy (USN), but the delivery of carrier (CVN 80) will be delayed, Christopher Kastner, HII CEO and president told investment analysts on .