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Navy Willing To Pay More Upfront For Better Ship Maintainability

Monday, August 9th, 2021

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Navy Willing To Pay More Upfront For Better Ship Maintainability

Austal USA concept mockup of the Light Amphibious Warship (LAW) presented at the Navy league's Sea Air Space expo in August 2021. (Photo: Richard Abott/Defense Daily)

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- A Navy official recently said the service is willing to pay more for a new ship upfront if that translates into improved costs on maintainability and sustainment for the life of a ship. The Light Amphibious Warship (LAW), in particular, “is a good example of the design for maintainability, the key tenant of our acquisition approach” Tom Rivers, executive director of Amphibious, Auxiliary and Sealift at Program Executive Office for Ships, said during an Aug. 4…

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