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COVER STORY U.S. NAVY SHIPBUILDING e Group it’s

Time

When he served as the commander of NWSC

Carderock, Mark Vandroff woke every morning knowing that his counterpart in China had just gone to bed and had spent that day trying to make China’s Navy superior. His job, he ? gured, was to “get cracking and work to make our Navy even better.” Now the CEO at Fincantieri Marinette

Marine (FMM), Vandroff brings that passion for navy shipbuilding – and delivering on the new USN

Shipyard Investment

Constellation-class frigates

A centerpiece of FMM’s capital investment is the largest Syncrolift ship contract – to work every day.

lift in the U.S., expected to be ready by the end of 2022. This rendering shows

FFG-62 on the shiplift.

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