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Seapower backers propose $25B to fix US shipyards 2 hours ago The aircraft carrier Nimitz at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Wash., during a maintenance period in 2018. (Navy) WASHINGTON ― As the U.S. Navy grapples with outdated maintenance facilities and a fleet stretched by maintenance backlogs, a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers are proposing a $25 billion cash infusion for public and private shipyards timed for Congress’s debate on a massive infrastructure package. The additional money would fully fund the Navy’s ongoing...

Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. US Navy’s Naval Facilities Engineering Command selects Stantec for large waterfront project support StantecApril 20, 2021 GMT EDMONTON, Alberta and NEW YORK, April 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TSX, NYSE:STN The US Navy’s Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic has selected global design firm Stantec to lead multidiscipline architect‐engineer services as part of a five-year, US$60 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. Through this IDIQ contract, St...

6 NEWPORT, R.I. – Innovation and forward thinking have always been a part of the way Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport engineer Chris Capuano operates. Recently, he has gotten to see how those concepts work from a slightly different perspective. Since August 2020, Capuano, an employee in Division Newport’s Sensors and Sonar Systems Department, has been on a one-year rotational assignment with NavalX, the Department of Navy (DON) workforce super-connector that is focused on scaling non-traditional agility methods across the DON workforce. “It’s always good...

US Navy Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker visited commands, installations, and industrial construction and maintenance locations as part of a multi-state trip across the East Coast. Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker wrapped up a multi-state trip across the East Coast April 7 where he visited industrial construction and maintenance locations to view current work, tour facilities and discuss industrial base economic wellness and workforce health. The secretary’s East Coast trip included visits to institutions in the Northeast region, reaffirming partnerships with lon...

Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker wrapped up a multi-state trip across the East Coast April 7 where he visited industrial construction and maintenance locations to view current work, tour facilities and discuss industrial base economic wellness and workforce health. The secretary’s East Coast trip included visits to institutions in the Northeast region, reaffirming partnerships with long-standing contributors to the development of the maritime services, as well as the education and development of future naval leaders. He also visited private and public shipyards, ships and comma...