Stop treating shipyards like the ‘corner garage': former Navy acquisitions chief

The Navy has been treating the private shipyards like their “corner garage,” the service’s recently departed acquisitions boss said Wednesday, instead of making investments that will keep maintenance periods predictable and as short as possible. Historically, the service plots out each availability one at a time, sometimes pulling a ship into the yard without a clear idea of what work must be done and without always having enough parts and skilled technicians on hand to co