KITTERY, Maine (February 10, 2025): Portsmouth Naval Shipyard celebrates the completion of the Waterfront Production Facility (WPF), a 140,000 square-foot, four-story building constructed within the historic Building Ways. (U.S. Navy video by Joel Messer, Jordon Johnson, Scott Hanson/released)
The USS North Dakota (SSN 784) Project Team at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard engaged in a cross-functional problem-solving deep dive to focus on the best way forward to accomplish required work. Given the complex challenges of a large array backfit and the schedule churn, the team recognized the need for a unique approach to expedite the approval. From the deck plates to the boardrooms, open and candid dialogue led to a solution for the...