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• Navy Review Highlights Challenges Behind Shipbuilding Delays In Virginia Nationwide

  A Navy review is shining a light on major shipbuilding delays, including at the Newport News shipyard, but defense experts point to larger systemic issues constraining the industrial base’s production capacity.

• Navy Needs Industry All In On 3D Printing Parts For Subs Or Else

• What has the AUKUS alliance accomplished in the last year

  Australia won’t take possession of its first nuclear-powered submarine until 2032, but Australia and the United States are already training the officers and sailors who will operate that Virginia-class attack boat and the civilians who will maintain it.

• Senate Panel Questions Navy Submarine Build Rate FY2025 Virgina class Buy

  The Senate Armed Services seapower subcommittee chair said the Navy needed to “run fast” to catch up on delays to the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine program and also meet the U.S. commitment of delivering at least three Virginia-class submarines in the 2030s to Australia.

• US foreign aid bill contains 2B bonus for Electric Boat Conn submarine builders

  The $95 billion Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan aid package headed for approval Tuesday by the U.S. Senate contains a financial boost for submarine production at Electric Boat and dozens of supporting businesses scattered across the state.

• Sikorsky will miss out on scrapped helicopter but still getting large share of military spending

  Sikorsky may have missed out that deal, but will still get a boost from the Army's request for additional Black Hawk helicopters. Sikorsky losing out on the potential scout helicopter and a contract that would have had the Connecticut company producing the future replacement for the Black Hawk, however, begs the question what the future holds for Sikorsky and whether there is enough work on the table for the manufacturer.

• Rockin the boat ThayerMahans bid to boost submarine production

  From the oceans’ depths, ThayerMahan’s Outpost system hears all.

• Carter recalled as champion of sub base

  Nearly 20 years ago, Jimmy Carter weighed in on the fate of the Naval Submarine Base in Groton, which was then hanging in the balance.

• Pratt F35 engine upgrade clears preliminary design review

  RTX subsidiary Pratt & Whitney has cleared an early design hurdle for a planned upgrade to the F-35’s engine, which the company maintains is “on track” to field by 2029.

• Biden takes first ride in new Marine One as Sikorsky wraps delivery

  The U.S. Marine Corps received the final batch of its 23 new VH-92A Patriot presidential transport helicopters last week, an air frame most famously known as Marine One when carrying America’s commander-in-chief.

• Bipartisan Ships for America Act Building Support in Congress Say Sponsors

  A comprehensive bill to restore U.S. shipbuilding capacity, build back its shipyard workforce and crew those ships with American mariners will soon be introduced in both houses of Congress with strong bipartisan support, the chair of the Senate Armed Services Airland subcommittee said Wednesday.

• Submarine base celebrates project that will allow it to make its own electricity

  Navy, state and local officials on Wednesday celebrated the completion of a micro-grid at the naval submarine base, a project they said will make the base more energy resilient and serve as a model for other military installations across the country.

• US Navys submarine fleet is too small Heres how selling some may help

  ABOARD THE SUBMARINE DELAWARE OFF FLORIDA’S COAST — The attack submarine Delaware silently pulled away from the pier at Port Everglades, past the pleasure craft and the cargo ships, and then sank beneath the waves.

• Pratt secures 497M in federal funding for engine upgrades

  East Hartford-based aerospace manufacturer Pratt & Whitney is set to receive almost $500 million in funding from the recently passed 2024 Defense Appropriations bill for engine upgrades.

• Groton seeks closer look at housing climate resilience as defense industry expands

  As the defense industry expands, towns and cities in the region want to take a fresh look at housing, climate resilience, and child care, among other topics, to ensure compatibility between the naval submarine base and Electric Boat and local communities.