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U.S. Navy

Published
April 11, 2020

Commentary: By sounding alarm about COVID, Navy captain put crew ahead of career

Brett Crozier followed the evidence and acted rationally out of concern for the lives of his sailors, a fellow Naval Academy graduate says.
Published
March 15, 2020

Sen. Collins presses Navy leaders on proposed reduction of Bath-built ships

Sen. Collins said the cut is goes against the 355-ship Navy fleet goal, which the Trump administration backed and Congress made law through the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act.
Published
March 4, 2020

BIW could hear decision on Navy frigate contract sooner than expected

Bath Iron Works is one of four shipyards vying for the contract, along with Austal USA of Alabama, Huntington Ingalls of Mississippi and Fincantieri Marinette Marine of Wisconsin.
Published
February 9, 2020

Navy requests Bath-built destroyer replace submarine in 2021 budget

The destroyer, which Bath Iron Works can compete to build, would inch the Navy closer to the Trump Administration’s 355-ship naval fleet goal, which Congress made law in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act.
Published
January 22, 2020

Maine Voices: ‘Good old boys club’ management has cost BIW its workers’ trust

If shipyard managers want productivity to rise and labor-hour costs to fall, they should look to the Golden Rule.

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Published
January 20, 2020

Bath Iron Works is holding up its end of the deal

A former state senator argues that the company is more than meeting the hiring goals imposed when it received a tax break.
Published
January 17, 2020

Union official: BIW doesn’t need subcontractors to stay competitive

After getting pay concessions and tax breaks, the company should be ready to fulfill its obligation to the U.S. defense manufacturing sector.
Published
December 9, 2019

BIW awarded $146 million Navy contract

The shipyard, which employs 6,700, will use the funds to continue maintenance and modernization to its Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.
Published
November 29, 2019

Report faults Portsmouth, 3 other public shipyards for aging equipment, late projects

At Portsmouth, 71% of projects are completed late, and equipment on average is 3 1/2 years beyond the expected service life, the GAO report says.
Published
November 25, 2019

Pentagon chief says Trump ordered him to allow SEAL to keep status

Defense Secretary Mark Esper also accuses the Navy secretary, who was fired Sunday, of secretly proposing a deal to the White House about the disciplinary outcome in the case.