Austal is adding staff to its recently acquired San Diego maintenance facility as part of the company's increased focus on its services business, a top executive told Inside Defense this week. Larry Ryder, Austal’s vice president of business development and external affairs, said during a Wednesday interview at the Surface Navy Association’s National Symposium that growing the services business and completing construction of the company’s steel line at its Mobile, AL, facility are top company priorities in 2022. Austal...