Engineering Policy & Innovation Ethics Navy’s Next Generation of Submarine Builders Is Still in Middle School David WhitakerSeptember 17, 2026September 17, 20260 The Navy’s submarine replacement challenge extends well beyond budgets and shipyard capacity. Its plans also depend on finding enough welders,…
Engineering Policy & Innovation Ethics Navy Retires 616-Missile Ohio Subs Before Smaller Virginia Replacements Arrive David WhitakerAugust 11, 2026August 11, 20260 The U.S. Navy has reclassified 19 planned Virginia Payload Module submarines as guided-missile submarines, but that force change does not…