Multi-Year Partnership to Target Major Untapped Target Audience, Uniquely Tailored to Individuals Interested in Careers in Skilled Trades, Manufacturing and Engineering CONCORD, N.C. (May 28, 2023) – RFK Racing has announced a partnership with BlueForge Alliance (BFA), the non-profit integrator for the U.S. Navy’s Submarine Industrial Base (SIB) Program, aimed

Nonprofit launches comprehensive effort to strengthen the U.S. Navy’s Submarine Industrial Base BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION, Texas – BlueForge Alliance (BFA) today announced that the recently-formed nonprofit is working in direct support of the U.S. Navy’s Submarine Industrial Base (SIB) to address the urgent demand for submarine supply chain capability, capacity and

In this podcast episode, Peggy Smedley and Whitney Jones, director of the Submarine Industrial Base, talk about how to improve manufacturing — and how to do it with the Navy Submarine Building Enterprise. She says her organization is a year and a half old, and it has seen rapid growth.

On March 13, 2023, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of the United Kingdom, and President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. of the United States announced an arrangement for Australia to acquire a conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) capability through the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) enhanced security partnership.

In September 2021, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States announced AUKUS – a new security partnership that will promote a free and open Indo-Pacific that is secure and stable. The first major initiative of AUKUS was our historic trilateral decision to support Australia acquiring conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs).

With the number of foreign diesel-electric/air-independent propulsion submarines increasing, the United States Submarine Force relies on its technological superiority and the speed, endurance, mobility, stealth, and payload afforded by nuclear power to retain its preeminence in the undersea battlespace. The Navy has three classes of SSNs in service. Los Angeles-class