New Shipbuilding Deal Promises Swifter Sailing for the US Navy

New Shipbuilding Deal Promises Swifter Sailing for the US Navy
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) in a file photo. AP Photo/Khalil Hamra
Wilson Beaver
Anthony B. Kim
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Recently, the United States’ largest military shipbuilder signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries, the global leader in shipbuilding, with a roughly 10 percent market share.
Wilson Beaver is senior policy analyst for defense budgeting with the Center for National Defense at The Heritage Foundation.