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Instead, the shipyard announced Feb. 7 that the submarine had completed its initial round of sea trials, which will be followed by further at-sea activity before the Navy takes ownership of the boat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New Jersey was christened and achieved pressure hull complete during 2021, meaning all hull sections were joined as a watertight unit. But it didn\u2019t achieve float-off as planned. Kastner said that would happen soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile we did not achieve our projected end-of-year milestones, the [Virginia-class submarine] program continues to improve its progress towards a consistent two-per-year cadence,\u201d he said in his opening remarks during the call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later, in response to a question, he added that Virginia-class production \u201cis pretty stable. Missed milestones at the end of the year related to Montana and New Jersey, but those will happen here momentarily. But they\u2019re pressing towards getting back to a two-a-year cadence; the team is very focused on that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Newport News Shipbuilding and General Dynamics\u2019 Electric Boat shipyard each build certain modules of the submarines and take turns conducting the final assembly and delivery of the vessels to the Navy. The service has been buying two a year, and at this point industry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2022\/01\/24\/electric-boat-readies-to-deliver-attack-sub-oregon-almost-two-years-after-last-delivery\/\">should be delivering two a year as well<\/a>. However, the last general-purpose submarine to go to the Navy was Vermont in April 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, Kastner expressed optimism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s pretty encouraging from a modules standpoint at Newport News last year. They met their commitment on modules, so they\u2019re getting some stability in the manufacturing organization at Newport News,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the challenge will grow tougher as production levels increase. Today, the submarine-industrial base is asked to build two Virginias a year, plus work on the first-in-class Columbia ballistic missile submarine. Going forward, the two-per-year Virginia rate will remain, but industry will be building a larger variant of the Virginia sub with more missile tubes in the middle, as well as bumping up Columbia production to a consistent one-per-year rate \u2014 creating an annual workload that the modern submarine-industrial base hasn\u2019t ever come close to achieving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy has tried investing in industry and is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2022\/02\/04\/navy-looks-to-3d-printing-for-submarine-parts-to-ease-burden-on-strained-industrial-base\/\">looking at additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, for some components<\/a> to relieve industry of some burden, though work remains to shore up critical suppliers in the submarine-industrial base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HII is talking to the Navy about how to support the industrial base as it tries to increase capacity in the coming years, and the company may make investments in its suppliers if the Navy does so as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chief Financial Officer Tom Stiehle said during the call that the company this year plans to make capital expenditures of between 2.5% and 3% of sales \u2014 or \u201cmodest incremental capital expenditures above our prior guidance, related to investments in infrastructure and tooling to support the submarine industrial base. We are working with our Navy partner regarding the shared investment in capital infrastructure and believe these critical investments will have minimal impact on our overall free cash flow generation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HII spokesman Danny Hernandez later added that the capital investments would be made to suppliers\u2019 tooling and infrastructure at the Newport News shipyard, and that subcontractor support could also be included in the investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later in the call, Stiehle added that capital expenditures were already down from recent years, where the company invested 3.6% in 2020 and 3.3% in 2021. The plan had been 2.5% for 2022, but the company is now planning for a potentially larger investment, pending ongoing talks with the Navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on planned work for the remainder of the Virginia Block V contract and the Columbia program, as well as looking ahead at the Block VI Virginias, Stiehle said there\u2019s a need in the industrial base for more infrastructure and tooling to keep manufacturing on track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe would only go forward with the [Navy\u2019s] assistance, and to be clear, we would only move forward if the investment made sense and had an appropriate return,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kastner added this would only take risk out of the 2-plus-1 construction rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the Navy were to ask for three Virginia submarines in any given year \u2014 as the Trump administration did in its final Navy strategy, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2020\/10\/06\/with-its-fleet-of-2045-the-us-militarys-chief-signals-hes-all-in-on-sea-power\/\">Battle Force 2045 plan released in October 2020<\/a> \u2014 significant further investments would be required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The submarine-industrial base hasn&#8217;t delivered a sub to the Navy in almost two years. 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