How to Read a Shipyard's Order Book: Backlog, Slots, and Signals
Backlog value, delivery slots, and order-to-delivery timelines say more about a shipbuilder's health than any single contract award.
Government News
Financial reporting on shipyards, marine suppliers and shipping lines, covering order books, freight rates, consolidation and government support.
How Fixed-Price Incentive Contracts Shape Navy Shipbuilding
An explainer on the contract type behind most U.S. Navy warship programs, why the Navy prefers it, and what recent oversight findings say about how well it works.
Navy Recruiting Turnaround: 44,096 Accessions Against a 40,600 Goal in Fiscal 2025
The Navy ended fiscal year 2025 with 44,096 enlisted accessions against a goal of 40,600, roughly 108.6 percent of target, in what the Defense Department described as the military's best recruiting year in 15 years.
GAO Finds Navy's Billions in Shipyard Investment Lack a Fully Developed Strategy
A Government Accountability Office report published on February 27, 2025 concluded that despite billions invested in private shipbuilders and repair yards, the Navy lacks a strategy for deciding where ship industrial base money goes.
NAVFAC Awards $442 Million Contract to Modernize Dry Dock 3 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard
NAVFAC Atlantic awarded a $442.1 million firm-fixed-price contract on December 4, 2025 to General Contractors Inc. to modernize Dry Dock 3 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard under the Navy's shipyard infrastructure program.
Counter-Drone Fly-Away Kit Cleared to Defend U.S. Bases After October 2025 Certification Trials
USNORTHCOM's counter-small UAS fly-away kit earned operational certification after an 11-person team engaged more than 100 drone targets during field trials at Minot Air Force Base from October 21-27, 2025.