SUPPORTING THE SUBMARINE FORCE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE UNDERSEA TO THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
DDG-120, USS Carl M. Levin under construction at Bath Iron Works Shipyard in Bath, Maine. Image courtesy of General Dynamics and retrieved from Naval News.
A panel hosted by Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and remarks by Secretary of the Navy John Phelan at SNA 2026 both shared that the U.S. Navy needs for 250,000 new dockyard workers to recapitalize and revitalize key dockyard capacity.
Workforce expansion is just one aspect of the Navy’s efforts to strengthen and streamline the shipbuilding process. Greater and simpler means of connectivity between suppliers and yards is also sought, creating an improved process of finding the requisite material and expertise needed at certain yards faster.
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