• Fincantieri hosted Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao at its Marinette and Sturgeon Bay shipyards in Wisconsin this week.
• The visit highlighted industrial capacity to build multiple ship classes simultaneously, alongside advanced manufacturing capabilities.
• Marinette Marine expects to begin building medium landing ships soon for the Navy and Marine Corps, following negotiations with TOTE Services.
• The Navy awarded the shipyard $30 million in April for long-lead materials for the landing ship program.
• Initial program work assigned to the Wisconsin shipyards includes four of the class's first vessels.

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