The United States shipbuilding industrial base will need to hire approximately 25,000 new skilled trade workers annually for the next 10 years to meet the Navy’s production and sustainment needs, according to estimates from the service’s new maritime industrial base program office. The annual workforce figure accounts for expected attrition rates and encompasses the four public shipyards, private shipbuilding companies and the supply chain for all surface and undersea platforms, according to Matt Evans, deputy program manager for the MIB...
