Pentagon budget must prioritize Navy, Air Force and cyber, lawmakers say February 22
Two sea power advocates in Congress are making the case to grow the Navy s budget, along with the Air Force and cyber capabilities, at the expense of the other services. (U.S. Navy via Huntington Ingalls Industries) WASHINGTON The U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force and cyberwarfare must start taking a larger share of the defense budget if the U.S. is going to compete with China, two sea power advocates in Congress said last week. Speaking at a recent Hudson Institute virtual event, House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee Chairman Joe Courtney, D-Conn., said the Pentagon is at an “inflection point” over whether the Navy, Air Force and cyber “are going to take a larger portion of the pie chart” when the fiscal 2022 budget is released this spring.
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HAMDEN, CT – Antoinette (Toni) Bush, executive vice president and global head of government affairs for News Corp, and Elicia Pegues Spearman, general counsel and vice president for human resources at Quinnipiac University, will discuss Navigating Your Career Path Across the Private and Public Sectors as part of The Way Forward: The Quinnipiac President s Speaker Series at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25.
America’s new nuclear missile submarines will secretly patrol the dark corners of the undersea, quietly tracking enemy movements sustaining a persistent threat of nuclear annihilation against anyone willing to launch a catastrophic first strike on the U.S. homeland.
Newport News Shipbuilding contract to support Research and Development for future submarines Newport News Shipbuilding contract to support Research and Development for future submarines Saturday, 13 February 2021 16:45
According to a contract published by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) on February 11, 2021, Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division, Newport News, Virginia, is awarded a $13,435,247 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for engineering and technical design effort to support research and development concept formulation for current and future submarine platforms. U.S. Navy Virginia-class submarine USS Delaware (SSN-791) manufactured by Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (Picture source Huntington Ingalls Industries)
This contract procures advanced submarine research and development (R&D) including studies to support assessments, development, design studies and tests; provide on-site
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The submarine manufacturer is hiring people as they gear up for a high level of production. (Shutterstock)
GROTON, CT Groton-based submarine builder General Dynamics Electric Boat plans to hire 2,200 people this year, according to a statement from President Kevin Graney. Graney said the company hired 2,000 people last year and plans to add to that number. These new hires have an opportunity for a career with competitive wages and benefits at a company with an absolutely critical mission, Graney said in the statement.
He said that there s an increasing importance of submarines to the U.S. Navy due to the Great Power Competition that you ve heard about–the threats we face from Russia and China. These threats are driving a demand signal for more and more capable submarines with advanced sensors, stealth and increased payloads.