Submarine Build-Up in Groton: Unstoppable

0:00It's April 26th, you're listening to Hardford News today, AI-powered local news. Navy Secretary John Fielin got a abruptly fire last week by President Trump, but that shake-up won't slow down the massive submarine build-up in. Groton, Connecticut, leading voice on Navy shipbuilding, Congressman Joe Courtney, says the program's full-thema head no interruptions expected. Earlier this year in February, Defense Secretary Pete Higgseth sidelined Faelin on subs by appointing Vice Admiral Robert Goucher as the new submarine. Zarr, Gossherr, a submarine vet, reports straight to Deputy Defense Secretary Steven Feinberg, pushing hard for more Virginia-class attack subs and Columbia-class missile boats to counter China's naval rise. Courtney called the firing tough to understand, but he's got no doubts about the Navy's commitment. A top admiral even told Congress getting the Columbia program on track is life or death. This comes as the industrial base rebuilds after decades of neglect since the Cold War

1:02ended. Fresh off that, the Navy just dropped $196 million to electric boat for design work on Australia's first Virginia sub-under. The Akas deal, electric boats ramping up, planning 8,000 new jobs this year across Groton and Rhode Island yards, with billions invested to crank out these beasts. All this ties into Trump's proposed defense budget with a record $65 billion for shipbuilding. The biggest in over 50 years. Subwork and Groton locks in for decades, feeling unprecedented growth to keep America ahead on the seas.