REBUILDING THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND AMERICA’S SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRIAL BASE

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Restoring Steam and Hydraulic Systems to Carriers. Within 60 days of the date of this memorandum, the Secretary of War, in consultation with the Secretary of the Navy, shall provide to the President, through the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs , a plan on the required measures to replace the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and Advanced Weapons Elevators with steam and hydraulic systems for the construction of CVN-81, including timelines and resourcing requirements. Expanding Investment and Competition in the United States Maritime Industrial Base. Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 8679, I have determined that it is in the national security interest of the United States to increase domestic shipbuilding capacity using the Memorandum of Understanding of October 9, 2025, between the United States and Finland with regard to medium icebreaker construction as a model. This “Finland Model” shall be used for up to three ship classes described in subsections and of this section, provided that the foreign supplier: simultaneously builds a new shipyard in the United States or assumes ownership or a majority equity position in an existing shipyard in the United States, and builds all ships after the first two such ships…

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