Mark Edelson told the Hampton Roads Military and Federal Facilities Alliance last week the Navy's modernization efforts will allow the service's four shipyards to get warships battle ready at a quicker pace.
More than half a billion dollars in construction is in the works at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va., as the Navy modernizes the historic yard to repair current and future high-tech warships.
Norfolk Naval Shipyard, with roots dating back to 1767, is about five years into a modernization process to better support the maintenance of Ford-class aircraft carriers and Ohio-, Virginia- and Columbia-class submarines.
In a masterpiece of understatement and civility, U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, told the assistant secretary of the Navy testifying last week before the Seapower and Projection Forces subcomm.