CNO Nominee: US Must Double Its Submarine-Building Capability

CNO nominee: US must double its submarine-building capability

Adm. Caudle, a submariner, says small increases won't be good enough to meet the service’s needs and make good on the AUKUS agreement.

International allies must be part of shipbuilding capacity solution, CNO nominee says

Chief of Naval Operations nominee Adm. Daryl Caudle today told lawmakers he will consider tapping foreign shipyards to bolster the U.S. Navy's fleet via maintenance contracts and potentially new construction work, saying international allies must be part of the solution to domestic shipbuilding challenges. “I don't know how we do what we need to do without bringing international partners into the capacity problem that we have while we build up o…