] The Navy's current plan is to purchase one submarine per ] year through 2006, then two per year after that. EB and ] Newport News (Va.) Shipbuilding each produce half of each ] submarine, and then alternate the final assembly. Some ] top defense officials, including Navy acquisition chief ] John Young, have said the Pentagon might have to look at ] restoring competition to submarine contracts, or giving ] all the submarine work to one yard, to bring down the ] cost. That's not good. Labor is cheaper at NNS. |