Virtual: Naval power: American shipbuilding capacity and competition with China

Congress has appropriated approximately $200 billion for shipbuilding from FY 2018 to FY 2024 to fund a U.S. naval expansion, but U.S. ship manufacturing continues to suffer from long production timelines and poor performance. The challenges faced by the U.S. shipbuilding industry stand in contrast to China, which is accelerating its production of advanced warships and submarines.

What happened to U.S. naval shipbuilding capacity? Should the United States be concerned it cannot keep pace with China's shipbuilding output? Can investing more in cheaper, asymmetric surface and undersea capabilities offset U.S. shortfalls in the production of large warships and carriers? What other changes, if any, would ensure that gaps in the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base do not compromise U.S. foreign policy goals?

Join Defense Priorities and a distinguished panel of experts to discuss the reality of American shipbuilding and naval competition with China. The panel will feature Lyle Goldstein, director, Asia Program, Defense Priorities; T. X. Hammes, distinguished research fellow, National Defense University’s Center for Strategic and Military Power; and Russell Rumbaugh, former assistant secretary of the Navy (financial management & comptroller). Jennifer Kavanagh, senior fellow & director of military analysis, Defense Priorities will moderate the discussion.