Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…we are joined today by our colleagues at USNI News, Sam Lagrone and Mallory Shelbourne, to talk about what we saw and heard during a week-long tour of shipyards in the southern United States. We visited 11 distinct shipbuilding and ship repair yards over the five days, Some were familiar, some were entirely new to us, and some were much more than what we expected. 

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Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…is ship count the right metric for measuring naval power? Carriers, missiles, people, the industrial base, where should the Navy invest or divest to ensure the fleet of the near future is sized at the appropriate capability and cost. These issues and more are addressed in depth in the Hudson Institute’s upcoming Fleet Design report. Joining us to preview the report is naval analyst and author of the study Bryan Clark.

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Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…Is the Navy and its resulting shipbuilding approach prepared to take advantage of the technological shifts that present opportunity and challenge for the maritime ecosystem? Retired Vice Admiral Dave Lewis shares his views on today’s manufacturing, operations and force structure trends. In our bonus segment we discuss the benefits and drawbacks of foreign shipbuilding partners with Matt Paxton, President of the Shipbuilder’s Council of America.

Please send us feedback by DM’ing @CavasShips or @CSSProvision or you can email chriscavas@gmail.com or cservello@defaeroreport.com.

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…this week the Navy announced that Tote Services will serve as vessel construction manager for its new class of medium landing ships, joining us to discuss what this means is Tote Vice President Jeff Vogel. And in a bonus segment we celebrate the Navy’s venerable C-2 Greyhound as the aircraft and remaining squadron VRC-40 are sundowned later this month. Helping us commemorate the mighty COD is retired Navy Captain Herb Carmen. 

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Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…from aging public shipyards and private-sector capacity challenges to workforce shortages, maintenance backlogs, and the growing demand for maintenance in an increasingly contested maritime environment, there’s a lot at stake in the naval and commercial world of ship repair. Joining us to discuss the problem and opportunities associated with this critical service industry are retired Navy Admiral John Polowczyk of the Virginia Ship Repair Association, Kevin Terry of the Shipbuilders Council of America, and Ryan Smith of Fincantieri Marine Systems North America. 

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Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…The US Navy deploys and operates worldwide, but the Navy couldn’t maintain those operations without the fuel, food, ammunition and supplies furnished by the Military Sealift Command. Operating around 125 support ships, MSC also carries out special missions and moves and maintains military equipment worldwide. We’ll talk today with the commander of MSC, Rear Admiral Benjamin Nicholson.

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Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…Earlier this year the Navy rolled out its plan to move to a system of Portfolio Acquisition Executives to grow capability and execute programs faster. Joining us today is longtime NAVSEA executive Rebecca Gassler, Program Acquisition Executive for Robots and Autonomous Systems.

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Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…recruiting, retention, care for families and civilian mariners, we are joined by the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs Ben Kohlman.

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…renowned naval analyst Ron O’Rourke formerly of the congressional research service joins us to discuss recent shipbuilding programs and challenges facing the Navy and Coast Guard.

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz continues to affect world shipping, and the war’s repercussions are even affecting the so-called Dark Fleet of unregistered shipping. Maritime analyst Michelle Wiese Bockmann is back with us to run it all down.

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