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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. \u2014 Ingalls Shipbuilding, the sole builder of amphibious ships for the U.S. Navy, is considering potential alterations to the San Antonio-class amphib design, amid a Pentagon-led pause of the production line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Navy announced last year it would buy one last San Antonio LPD in fiscal 2023 and then take a \u201cstrategic pause\u201d to relook at the cost and capability of the ships. LPDs cost about $1.9 billion each and, in the future, are expected to make up about two-thirds of the amphibious fleet inventory. The Navy, after awarding a contract for LPD-32 on March 31<\/a>, has now bought 16 of a planned inventory of 26 Flight I and Flight II LPDs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Ingalls\u2019 transition from the Flight I to the less expensive Flight II design, it has done so across several ships, incrementally cutting in changes to the last few Flight I ships, which are still under construction, so as not to disrupt the production line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked whether Ingalls is taking steps now to prepare for a different design that could be more abruptly introduced to the production line, Ingalls Shipbuilding President Kari Wilkinson told Defense News \u201cwe absolutely are doing some things now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re doing some self-investment as well as working with the Navy on what a potential next LPD, whatever that becomes, would look like. We advocate, obviously, to transition that over several ships, as we\u2019ve done with LPD Flight I to Flight II, DDGs Flight I to II to IIA to III,\u201d she said during a media roundtable at the Navy League\u2019s annual Sea Air Space conference here. \u201cWe\u2019ve done some trade studies, we\u2019re trying to understand requirements to the best we can right now, knowing those could change because the Navy and Marine Corps are responding to evolving threats at all times.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said that, while the Navy and Pentagon have been discussing way to alter the ship design to lower cost, the Marine Corps has been focused on \u201cpreserving the capabilities of the platform\u201d and have remained \u201csteadfast\u201d in not wanting to change the current design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defense News reported last week<\/a> recent Defense Department discussions have included rough drawings of pared-down ship designs. Wilkinson said the shipyard has not been part of those conversations, but executives have \u201cbrought some ideas forward and have had some good conversations with both the Navy program office and [the Marines] over at Quantico.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf we understand a little bit better about how we want to evolve the capability, what we\u2019re looking to retain and what\u2019s maybe on the table for discussion \u2026 then we can start looking at our design and tailoring based on those expectations or potential requirements that pop out the other side of a study,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kari Wilkinson, who now serves as the president of Ingalls Shipbuilding, delivers remarks during the keel authentication ceremony for the future USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) at Ingalls Shipbuilding on April 12, 2019. (Samantha Crane\/U.S. Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Among her top concerns, Wilkinson said, is preserving the skilled workforce at the Mississippi yard today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf we don\u2019t have amphibs \u2026 we want to make sure we don\u2019t lose any shipbuilders,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To that end, the yard is working under a study contract on the submarine tender replacement program, dubbed AS(X). Navy budget documents indicate the service plans to buy two ships in the class, one in FY24 and the other in FY26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur offering might look like something else we build today,\u201d she said, acknowledging it could be an LPD derivative before saying she couldn\u2019t comment on the design while the study is ongoing. \u201cIn the absence of a solid amphib demand signal, we\u2019re always going to be interested in what we can do to preserve our shipbuilders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The yard is also eyeing refitting sealift ships as part of the Navy\u2019s sealift recapitalization effort as well as the Constellation-class frigate program. Fincantieri is the prime contractor on the Constellation, but the Navy may at some point add a second production yard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ingalls is \u201cblessed with a backlog, but there is a point we will stop hiring, but that\u2019s not any time really soon,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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