American Shipbuilding Suppliers Association

Happy Birthday to the U.S. Navy! ⚓️ Today, we honor 249 years of bravery, commitment, and service. As proud supporters of the American shipbuilding industry, we at the American Shipbuilding Suppliers Association salute the men and women who have dedicated their lives to protecting our seas and safeguarding our nation. Here's to many more years of excellence on the waves! 🌊🇺🇸

Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) will host an Industry Day to brief the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Modules (MM) Development, Engineering, Production and Sustainment (DEPS) program on 1 November 2024 from 0900-1700 PST at Naval Base Ventura Country Port Hueneme. Tours of the Mission Package Support Facility (MPSF) will be included. Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC), LCS MM Program Office (PMS 420) will host this Industry Day to brief the LCS MM DEPS program and to solicit industry feedback on the proposed program strategy. PMS 420 is the US Navy's lead Program Office for the development of rapidly deployable modular naval capabilities and innovative small-unmanned surface technologies capable of recognizing, intercepting, and preventing threats to the United States and her allies. Programs include all efforts pertaining to small-unmanned watercraft (e.g. attritable sea drones capable of communications, data collection, logistics, etc.), various LCS payload delivery systems with associated mission modules, LCS training facilities, mission package sustainment, and all operating and integration software necessary to employ these systems. #littoralcombatship You can find more details and request to participate here: https://lnkd.in/gPc3mKkc

In his concluding remarks for our NSTIC | Naval Surface Technology & Innovation Consortium collaboration event, Tom Kearney was a passionate advocate for Accelerated Training in Defense Manufacturing (ATDM) and the US Navy Center of Excellence for Additive Manufacturing. Want to hear more? Tom will be one of our speakers at the joint American Shipbuilding Suppliers Association and Marine Machinery Association meeting and site visit 21-22 October. We have a few seats left- let me know if you want to be part of the action!

🚨 Latest News from ASSA! 🚨 We’ve got a lot happening – events, meetings, key articles, and important legislation to review! ✔️✔️ Joint MMA/ASSA Meeting on October 21-22 in Danville, VA – focused on advanced training for defense manufacturing and Navy’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence. Space is limited, so register soon!  ✔️Year-End Membership Meeting in Baltimore on November 20th – register now for an exclusive tour, casual lunch, and Wing Night with the Coast Guard! ✔️ ASSA’s input on the Washington Post’s recent article on China’s naval shipbuilding surplus. ✔️ Updates on the SHIPS for America Act and how you can get involved. ✔️ Plus, the International Work Boat Show in New Orleans and more! Don’t miss out – open the article for all the details including registration! #MaritimeIndustry #DefenseManufacturing #shipbuilding #usnavy

We're looking forward to joining the Marine Machinery Association for their upcoming meeting on Oct. 22nd in Danville! Please register by Oct. 4th at this link: https://bit.ly/4eMnhPU . We hope to see you there!

American Shipbuilding Suppliers Association members Thrustmaster of Texas, Fairbanks Morse Defense, Marotta Controls and General Atomics are in San Diego this week for the International Fleet Working Group (IFWG) meeting. In this picture, ASSA president and CEO Roger Camp Camp visits ASSA founder Carl Fisher in the Thrustmaster booth.

We love this new video by our members, Marotta Controls ! It is visually striking, tells a compelling story about what they do and emphasizes their commitment to innovation. Well done!

Happy Birthday to the U.S. Coast Guard! 🎉 From all of us at the American Shipbuilding Suppliers Association, we extend our heartfelt gratitude for your unwavering dedication and service. Your commitment to protecting our waters and ensuring maritime safety is truly commendable. Here's to many more years of excellence! 🚢🇺🇸 #USCoastGuard #HappyBirthday #MaritimeHeroes

ASSA members convened at General Atomics’ Washington Harbour for our summer meeting. We had a lot of great discussion about supplier base issues for shipbuilding. Key events were: Navy Industrial Base Panel Matt Evans, Director, PEO Ships’ Shipbuilding Industrial Base Task Force, with two of his staff, Thomas Hughlett and Becky Doris Courtney Wolfe, PEO SSBN – Submarine Industrial Base, Manager of Supply Chain Coordination and Engagement Todd Loyd, Director, Carrier Industrial Base, PEO Carriers. Todd is standing up his new role within PEO Carriers Congressional Update Daniel Pedrotty, Defense Legislative Fellow for Congressman Michael Waltz (FL-06) spoke on the efforts being led by Senator Kelly and Congressman Waltz He reviewed H.R. 8515, a bill To Promote and Recruit the United States Maritime Industry Workforce. It is intended to promote U.S. shipbuilding industrial base produce (and crew and operate) oceangoing vessels at scale. Also reviewed the newly released Congressional Guidance for a National Maritime Strategy, provided by Senator Kelly, Senator Rubio, Congressman Waltz, and Congressman Garamendi.which covers 10 Actions for Congress, including growing domestic shipbuilding capacity and demanding modern performance expectations. Navy Secretariat Update Hunter Stires, Maritime Strategist for the Secretary of the Navy, gave a through historical review showing the importance of shipbuilding to wartime strategy and decision making, and the need for mass production of ships and underway replenishment to support Western Pacific operations.

Awesome news for our members, Lister Chain & Forge Inc! Congrats on the high profile visit! As always, thank you to Congressman Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (D-WA) for preventing the outsourcing of the Navy's anchor chains. https://lnkd.in/gSKu_QKE