White House Announces Measures to Revitalize U.S. Shipbuilding Industry

The White House announced on August 13, 2026, that President Donald J. Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum to address long-standing issues in Navy shipbuilding and restore competitiveness to the maritime industrial base. The directive directs the Secretary of War to replace Advanced Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems and Advanced Weapons Elevers on CVN-81 with …