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    Lawmakers are demanding answers to reports of defective welding work on Navy ships
    Washington

    Lawmakers are demanding answers to reports of defective welding work on Navy ships

    Lawmakers on Friday demanded answers from the U.S. Navy about news reports that faulty welds may have been knowingly made on American submarines and aircraft carriers under construction at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia. The revelations were first reported by…

    Posted on Madoc Meredith
    Newport News Shipbuilding suspects intentionally defective welds on multimillion-dollar Navy vessels
    Massachusetts

    Newport News Shipbuilding suspects intentionally defective welds on multimillion-dollar Navy vessels

    Newport News Shipbuilding has informed the Justice Department that there may be intentionally defective welds on non-critical components in operating submarines and aircraft carriers, according to a report from USNI News on Thursday. According to a statement to USNI News,…

    Posted on Idris Bevan
    According to the report, an East Coast shipbuilder discovered faulty welds on submarines and aircraft carriers
    Massachusetts

    According to the report, an East Coast shipbuilder discovered faulty welds on submarines and aircraft carriers

    A sailor welds metal to the deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in October 2023 in Newport News, Virginia. (Curtis Burdick/US Navy) Newport News Shipbuilding has told the Navy and the Justice Department that welding work…

    Posted on Idris Bevan

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