WASHINGTON - Over the past three years, the Navy’s long-term shipbuilding plan laid out a stable path for Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Miss. The Navy planned to buy two or three Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyers annually, splitting the work with Ingalls Bath (Maine) Iron Works. The service was also set to purchase San Antonio-class amphibious transport docks well into the future - one per year. While the next America-class amphibious assault ship would be stretched over a longer-than-ideal construction time, the Navy eventually would buy one every 3-to-4 years. And though the Coast Guard’s Legend-class National Security Cutter program was coming to an end, there were several options for the Navy to replace that work. But since those three years, the Navy has tightened its budget belt and requirements, making the future look far less rosy for HII-Pascagoula. (Source: Defense News 03/14/22) As US Navy rethinks its fleet, Ingalls Shipbuilding faces uncertain future (defensenews.com)
No comments:
Post a Comment