19
February 2025
Past Event
Righting the Ship: Strengthening US Navy Shipbuilding and Ship Repair

Event will also air live on this page.

 

Inquiries: tmagnuson@hudson.org.

Righting the Ship: Strengthening US Navy Shipbuilding and Ship Repair

Past Event
Hudson Institute
February 19, 2025
Caption: Fast-attack submarine USS Scranton (SSN 756) prepares to depart the floating dry dock ARCO (ARDM 5) at Naval Base Point Loma, California, on September 4, 2024. (US Navy photo by Aaron T. Smith)
Caption
Fast-attack submarine USS Scranton (SSN 756) prepares to depart the floating dry dock ARCO (ARDM 5) at Naval Base Point Loma, California, on September 4, 2024. (US Navy photo by Aaron T. Smith)
19
February 2025
Past Event

Event will also air live on this page.

 

Inquiries: tmagnuson@hudson.org.

Speakers:
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition
Hon. Nickolas Guertin

Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition

Glen Kim

Director, Naval Affairs and Strategy Development, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries

Brian Holland
Brian Holland

President and General Manager, MHI Ship Repair and Services

Senior Counselor, Palantir Technologies
Greg Little

Senior Counselor, Palantir Technologies

Tom Moore
Tom Moore

Senior Vice President, Government Relations, Huntington Ingalls Industries

Paul Clifford, General Manager, General Dynamics NASSCO–Norfolk
Paul Clifford

General Manager, General Dynamics NASSCO–Norfolk

Brad Moyer
Brad Moyer

Vice President, Business Development and Strategic Planning, BAE Systems Ship Repair*

Rob Lehman
Rob Lehman

Cofounder and Chief Commercial Officer, Saronic

Chris Clark
Chris Clark

Vice President of New Construction, TOTE Services

Moderators:
timothy_walton
Timothy A. Walton

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

michael_roberts
Michael Roberts

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Listen to Event Audio

The United States Navy faces challenges across many of its shipbuilding programs. Thanks to numerous causes, some programs are years behind schedule. At the same time, China is building up its fleet and intensifying threats against US allies. The chief of naval operations and other Pentagon leaders are concerned that Beijing may be preparing to move against Taiwan in the next two years. While the US may be unable to surge production of existing ships by that time, the Navy could increase the number of available vessels by improving ship repair, accelerating new, smaller ship classes, and buying or chartering ships built by shipyards in allied countries.

Please join Hudson Senior Fellow Tim Walton for a discussion with Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition Nickolas Guertin. Following the discussion, two panels of industry experts will address further challenges and opportunities to expand the US Navy fleet.

Agenda

10:00 a.m. | Fireside Chat

  • Hon. Nickolas Guertin, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition
  • Tim Walton, Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology, Hudson Institute

10:30 a.m. | Panel 1: Ship Construction

  • Glen Kim, Director, Naval Affairs and Strategy Development, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
  • Tom Moore, Senior Vice President, Government Relations, Huntington Ingalls Industries
  • Rob Lehman, Cofounder and Chief Commercial Officer, Saronic
  • Chris Clark, Vice President of New Construction, TOTE Services

Moderator

  • Michael Roberts, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

11:15 a.m. | Panel 2: Ship Repair

  • Brian Holland, President and General Manager, MHI Ship Repair and Services
  • Greg Little, Senior Counselor, Palantir Technologies
  • Paul Clifford, General Manager, General Dynamics NASSCO–Norfolk
  • Brad Moyer, Vice President, Business Development and Strategic Planning, BAE Systems Ship Repair

Moderator

  • Tim Walton, Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology, Hudson Institute
Related Events
23
October 2025
In-Person Event | Invite Only
The US in the South Caucasus: Mapping New Strategic Opportunities 
Featured Speakers:
Ilan Berman
Luke Coffey
Steve Daines
Michael Doran
Ambassador Khazar Ibrahim
Efgan Nifti
Joel Scanlon
: President Donald Trump, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sign a joint declaration at the White House in Washington DC, on August 8, 2025. (Getty Images)
23
October 2025
In-Person Event | Invite Only
The US in the South Caucasus: Mapping New Strategic Opportunities 

A keynote address by Senator Steve Daines (R-MT), to examine the implications of the recent Armenia-Azerbaijan peace agreement. 

: President Donald Trump, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sign a joint declaration at the White House in Washington DC, on August 8, 2025. (Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Ilan Berman
Luke Coffey
Steve Daines
Michael Doran
Ambassador Khazar Ibrahim
Efgan Nifti
Joel Scanlon
30
October 2025
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
How Long Can Russia’s Weakening Economy Support Putin’s War on Ukraine?
Featured Speakers:
Dr. Volodymyr Lugovskyy
Dr. Anders Aslund
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Getty Images
30
October 2025
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
How Long Can Russia’s Weakening Economy Support Putin’s War on Ukraine?

Join noted Russian and Ukrainian economists and Hudson Senior Fellow Thomas Duesterberg for an event that will analyze how growing economic problems are affecting Vladimir Putin’s war effort and its ability to avoid an economic crisis.

Getty Images
Featured Speakers:
Dr. Volodymyr Lugovskyy
Dr. Anders Aslund
Thomas J. Duesterberg
03
November 2025
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
Congressman Rich McCormick on Securing American AI Leadership
Featured Speakers:
Congressman Rich McCormick
Jason Hsu
Representative Rich McCormick speaks during a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on January 11, 2024. (Getty Images)
03
November 2025
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
Congressman Rich McCormick on Securing American AI Leadership

Senior Fellow Jason Hsu will host Congressman Rich McCormick (R-GA), a member of the House Armed Services Committee and Foreign Affairs Committee and a former member of the bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, for a conversation on securing American AI leadership.

Representative Rich McCormick speaks during a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on January 11, 2024. (Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Congressman Rich McCormick
Jason Hsu
04
November 2025
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
Bad Money: How America Can Solve Perpetual Inflation
Featured Speakers:
Brendan Brown
Alex J. Pollock
Moderator:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
Getty Images
04
November 2025
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
Bad Money: How America Can Solve Perpetual Inflation

At Hudson, Senior Fellows Brendan Brown and Harold Furchtgott-Roth and Mises Institute Senior Fellow Alex Pollock will discuss the book’s findings and how gold-based monetary reform combined with the increased use of modern analytical tools can help end the inflationary spiral.

Getty Images
Featured Speakers:
Brendan Brown
Alex J. Pollock
Moderator:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth