Integrating more competition “into the arena” of shipbuilding is essential, Navy Secretary John Phelan said today, highlighting some of his frustrations with defense primes -- contractors he says should invest more of their own capital in the shipbuilding process. Raising wages -- a priority of the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program -- is a key issue when it comes to improving shipbuilding, Phelan said today at an annual Northeast Indiana Defense Summit in Fort Wayne, IN, hosted by at Sen. Jim...
