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Navy secretary warns U.S. shipbuilding is behind, vows plan to rebuild maritime industrial base
Summary
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan told the House Armed Services Committee the Navy’s shipbuilding programs are “behind schedule and over budget,” and outlined a near-term push and longer-term plan to rebuild industrial capacity, workforce and contracting practices.
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan told the House Armed Services Committee on the Navy’s FY26 budget that U.S. shipbuilding is “behind schedule and over budget,” and that the service is developing a plan to restore the maritime industrial base.
Phelan said the department is advancing a two-track effort: short-term options to get “holes in the water” quickly and a long-term program to rebuild U.S. capacity. “All of our programs are a mess, to be honest. We are behind schedule and over budget. I think our best performing one is 6 months late and 57% over budget,” Phelan said.
The committee was told why the topic matters: naval capacity underpins deterrence and power projection, and Phelan and other witnesses repeatedly connected…
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