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The U.S. Navy is struggling to build affordable warships needed to face expanding threats around the world.
A labor shortage is one of myriad challenges that have led to backlogs in ship production and maintenance at a time when the Navy faces expanding global threats.
Shipyards across the country have created training academies and partnered with technical colleges to provide workers with skills they need to construct high-tech warships.
Much of the blame for U.S. shipbuilding's current woes lies with the Navy , which frequently changes requirements, requests upgrades and tweaks designs after shipbuilders have begun construction.
That's seen in cost overruns, technological challenges and delays in the Navy ’s newest aircraft carrier, the USS Ford .
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