"There is no point hurrying portions of the boat only to have to stop and wait increasingly extended periods of time for major components to arrive. It is neither good for the boat over time nor cost," General Dynamics CEO Phebe Novakovic said.

🔴 A major fire has engulfed BAE Systems’ shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, which builds Britain’s new generation of nuclear submarines

Excited to share an initiative my new office has been working on: the Department of the Navy Office of Strategic Assessment is establishing a new Naval Strategic Studies Group, with the first cohort kicking off in January. navy.mil/Press-Office/P…

What’s happening tonight in Amsterdam is unreal and horrific. Perhaps, sadly, not unexpected, if you’ve been paying attention.

It wasn’t that long ago DoD struggled to replace several retiring Joint Chiefs during the Tuberville hold. Fallout included uncertainty for families, lower-ranking officers acting in top-important commands. If we fire all the service chiefs/vice chiefs… reuters.com/world/us/trump…

Deep-dive from the AP on V-22 Osprey safety record and current/future operations and sustainment issues. apnews.com/osprey-safety-…

Skilled labor shortages have become dire at the shipyards that build warships trib.al/kBFqww1

Follow Davis if you don’t already, he’ll do great things in this new job!

Glad to be at #SNA2025 this week in my new role doing Navy strategic communications. Come find me and say hello, can’t wait to reconnect with my favorite SWOs this week!

NEW: Defense Secretary Hegseth has ordered senior leaders at the Pentagon to develop plans for cutting 8 percent from the defense budget in each of the next five years, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post and officials familiar with the matter.

THE CUT THAT NEVER WAS: So the 8% annual cut that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Pete Hegseth was reportedly about to order at the Pentagon… turns out not to be a cut to defense at all. Instead, as my editor Aaron Mehta wrote last night, the plan is to -reallocate- 8% of spending -within- …/1

I love my country with all my heart and I've never been more embarrassed for America than the spectacle I just witnessed in the Oval Office. Zelensky is fighting for the survival of his country, his people and their democracy. Trump and Vance appear to be completely aligned with

Today we filed the latest unfair labor practice charge against @Sightlinemedia protesting the full-time in-office mandate they just dropped. Please retweet this and tell Mort Greenberg, Kelly Facer and Regent to rescind this order and bargain with Sightline Media Union in good faith.

Rebuilding our industrial base is a matter of National Security.