US Navy Secretary expands Michigan maritime manufacturing skills

Published on July 24, 2024

The US Government has announced its strategic investment in maritime manufacturing skills in the state of Michigan, focusing first on submarine construction skillsets, which will then open up to the surface fleet.

This decision will cultivate a submarine industrial base that has strained to meet the US Navy’s strategic ambitions in a new, more contentious, security environment.

Carlos del Toro, the US Secretary of the Navy, announced the Michigan Maritime Manufacturing (M³) initiative at the Macomb Community College, an academic institution committed to developing the future maritime workforce in the region.

More than $50m will be injected into the Michigan naval workforce, a state with a strong veteran population – as many as 500,000 people, according to the state Governor Gretchen Whitmer – and is known for its industrial legacy stretching back to the innovations that Henry Ford introduced.

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