CBO: Navy Still Needs Bigger Workforce To Dig Out of Submarine Maintenance Backlog
By: Mallory Shelbourne
March 26, 2021 4:31 PM
The Navy still has major challenges in digging out of its longstanding submarine maintenance backlog even after growing the workforce at the public shipyards, according to a Congressional Budget Office report.
In a report about submarine maintenance released on Thursday, the CBO found that the Navy still faces a backlog after farming out some maintenance on its attack submarines to private yards, adding personnel to the workforce and seeking process improvements at the public yards.
“Despite the increased number of shipyard workers and the anticipated improvements in productivity, CBO projects that the demand for maintenance over the next few decades will exceed the supply of labor in most years,†the report reads.
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