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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

"Consider these alarms: In an uncommonly public report in April, Carlos Del Toro, the #Navy secretary, announced that nine Navy ship programs were between one & three years behind schedule...

Del Toro called out dilatory #contractors by name — #GeneralDynamics Electric Boat, #HuntingtonIngalls Industries and #FincantieriMarinette Marine — and went so far as to suggest that the #UnitedStates should consider building some of its #warships overseas."
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Text from article: Delay has been the Pentagon’s dance partner all spring. Program after weapons program has fallen behind its production schedule, which means cascading costs for taxpayers and declining readiness for the military. The problem stems from choosing systems that are too complicated, too exquisite and too costly to maintain — and relying on just a handful of prime contractors, most of which face little or no competition. On June 17, the Government Accountability Office, in its annual survey of 76 leading procurement programs, described the Pentagon as “alarmingly slow” in fielding weapons for every service. Consider these alarms: In an uncommonly public report in April, Carlos Del Toro, the Navy secretary, announced that nine Navy ship programs were between one and three years behind schedule. The ships include the new Columbia-class submarine (12 to 16 months late); a new aircraft carrier (18 to 26 months late); and the first Constellation-class frigate (three years late). Del Toro called out dilatory contractors by name — General Dynamics Electric Boat, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Fincantieri Marinette Marine — and went so far as to suggest that the United States should consider building some of its warships overseas.
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