Navy Leaders and Defense Industry Convene in Danville to Tackle Growing Workforce Demand in Submarine Industrial Base

Navy Leaders and Defense Industry Convene in Danville to Tackle Growing Workforce Demand in Submarine Industrial Base

ATDM Maritime Workforce Forum strengthens public-private partnership in defense manufacturing

Leaders across the Department of War, U.S. Navy, Submarine Industrial Base and defense manufacturing gathered in Danville, Virginia, to discuss a national security imperative: attracting and training qualified workers to maintain the Navy fleet. Held at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR), the forum featured Accelerated Training in Defense Manufacturing (ATDM) and the Navy Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) as key efforts in mobilizing the future workforce and creating operational efficiencies in defense manufacturing.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260603614135/en/ More than 300 representatives from across government and defense manufacturing gathered at IALR in Danville, Va., to discuss the future of workforce training in support of workforce needs in the submarine industrial base.

Addressing the critical connection between defense manufacturing and national security was Vice Admiral Robert Gaucher, director, submarine programs, who highlighted how the industry will need to continue to evolve as new innovations in advanced manufacturing are developed.