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"All I want is ships as fast as I can get them,” said Rear Adm. Chad Jacoby when asked about maintaining two shipbuilders for the Offshore Patrol Cutter program.

The ship, designated T-ATS 11, is one of several Navajo-class towing, rescue and salvage ships that Austal is under contract to build.

As the Navy scrambles to bolster its shipbuilding capacity, numerous shipyards in the Gulf of Mexico must compete to attract a limited pool of workers.

Looking for the latest Government Contracting News? Check out our story: Austal Looks to Hire 1K More Workers to Back Nuclear Submarine Work. Click to read

Austal intends to grow its workforce by one-third as it opens a new facility devoted entirely to producing nuclear submarine components.

Austal intends to grow its workforce by one-third as it opens a new facility devoted entirely to producing nuclear submarine components.

A GMC collided with a tractor trailer that was leaving a driveway.

Tucked inside the recently passed DoD budget for 2023 is funding for a new kind of Navy medical ship – one built to operate more like an ambulance than a hospital. 

A model of the new fast interceptor craft that has been ordered for the Indonesian Army on display at Indo Defence 2022. The Indonesian Army has placed an order for a new type of waterjet-propelled fast interdiction craft (FIC) with private ...

With the sunsetting of US Navy (USN) programmes such as the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) and the Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transports (EPFs), the American naval shipbuilding future looked grim for the rest of the decade. To bolster it...