According to a summary of the survey results, 46 percent of respondents indicated the deal will improve their companies’ hiring, retention and training efforts, and 42 percent said the deal would help to “invest in equipment to ensure quality and on-time delivery.”
The arrangement for four amphibious vessels from shipbuilder HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding comes after Congress has pressured Navy brass for years to pursue such a deal.
The initial command and control gateway to earn a continuous Authority to Operate is changing multi-domain operations.
An Ingalls executive told reporters the company is acutely aware that affordability is top of mind for the Navy and Marine Corps when it comes to amphibious shipbuilding.
Are big, expensive vessels like amphibious ships and carriers too vulnerable in a long-range missile war with Russia or China?