David Sharp

Associated Press

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

May 1, 2025

Ammunition Manufacturer Announces $300M New Factory

May 13, 2025

A woman walks in front of SoftBank store in Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, Jan. 20, 2020.

Japanese Tech Giant SoftBank Records its First Profit in 4 Years

May 13, 2025

Visitors walk past Nissan signage at Nissan headquarters in Yokohama, Tuesday, May 13, 2025.

Nissan Closing 7 Plants; Slashing 20,000 Jobs

May 13, 2025

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

May 1, 2025

Heavy machinery is used to cut trees to widen an existing Central Maine Power power line corridor to make way for new utility poles, April 26, 2021, near Bingham, Maine.

Massachusetts Ratepayers to Pay Extra $512M for Transmission Line for Canadian Hydropower

The project’s cost grew from $1 billion to at least $1.5 billion because of inflation and delays.

October 31, 2024

A U.S. Postal Service employee makes deliveries in Northbrook, Ill.

U.S. Postal Service Squeeze on Shipping Consolidators Could Raise Consumer Costs

Consolidators move about 2 billion packages through the USPS each year.

September 11, 2024

Ships under construction sit docked at Fincantieri Marinette Marine.

The U.S. Navy's Warship Production Is in Its Worst State in 25 Years

Workforce retention has fallen, regardless of job completion.

August 12, 2024

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Postal Service Announces Plan to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions

It was once chided for slow adoption of electric vehicles.

February 7, 2024

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Maine Considering Incentives to Encourage EV Sales

A dozen states already have signed onto California's standards for boosting electric vehicle sales.

December 13, 2023

Spectators watch the USS Lyndon B. Johnson Zumwalt-class destroyer travel down the Kennebec River on its way to sea Jan. 12, 2022, in Phippsburg, Maine.

U.S. Navy Applies Lessons from Costly Shipbuilding Mistakes

Several newer combat ships designed for speed are being retired early after being beset by problems.

February 27, 2023

President Joe Biden stops to talk to the media as he drives a Ford F-150 Lightning truck at Ford Dearborn Development Center, May 18, 2021, in Dearborn, Mich. Biden, a self-described “car guy,'' often promises to lead by example by moving swiftly to convert the sprawling federal fleet to zero-emission electric vehicles.

Biden Pledge to Make Federal Fleet Electric Faces Slow Start

Biden last year directed the U.S. government to purchase only American-made, zero-emission passenger cars by 2027.

October 3, 2022

An Arleigh-Burke Class destroyer is christened at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, Aug. 1, 2009. The U.S. Navy's workhorse destroyer went into production more than 30 years but will soon be replaced by a new destroyer that will feature lasers that can shoot down missiles and attack enemies with hypersonic missiles topping 3,800 mph.

Navy Wants a Destroyer with Lasers, Hypersonic Missiles

The Navy has vowed that it won’t repeat recent shipbuilding debacles when it rushed production and crammed too much new tech into ships.

September 7, 2022

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, a Sea Hunter, a crewless vessel, arrives at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to participate in the Rim of Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, on June 29, 2022. The Navy is expediting development of drone ships aimed at expanding the reach of offensive firepower while keeping sailors on traditional warships farther from harm's way.

Navy Expedites Waterborne Drones to Close Gap with China

Before moving forward, the Navy must first to win over a skeptical Congress after a series of shipbuilding debacles.

July 29, 2022

A USPS employee works outside post office in Wheeling, Ill., Dec. 3, 2021. A government watchdog said says the U.S. Postal Service's environmental evaluation used for purchases of next-generation delivery vehicles relied on some false assumptions. Jill Naamane from the Government Accountability Office told the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday that the analysis used to determine the mix of gas- and electric-vehicles overstated maintenance costs of electric vehicles and relied on gas prices that don’t reflect the current reality.

Watchdog Slams Postal Service Analysis of EV Trucks

The Government Accountability Office claims a Postal Service analysis used to justify a mix of gas and electric vehicles overstated maintenance costs of electric vehicles and relied on gas prices that don't reflect current price spikes.

April 6, 2022

Mail delivery vehicles outside a post office in Boys Town, Neb., Aug. 18, 2020.

USPS Doubles Number of EV Delivery Trucks in Initial Order

One in five will be electric-powered.

March 25, 2022

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Regulator Suspends Permit for $1B Transmission Line

The blow comes after residents rebuked the project in a referendum.

November 24, 2021

An electromagnetic railgun prototype launcher at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division test facility, Dahlgren, Va., Feb. 23, 2012.

Navy Ditches Futuristic Railgun

The Pentagon is turning its attention to hypersonic missiles to keep up with China and Russia.

July 1, 2021

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, sailors aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Stout handle mooring lines during the ship's return to home port at Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Va., in this Oct. 12, 2020, photo. The USS Stout showed rust as it returned from the 210-day deployment. The rust was quickly removed and the ship repainted. But the rusty ship and its weary crew underscored the costly toll of deferred maintenance on ships and long deployments on sailors.

Navy Vows New Course After Ship Design, Maintenance Problems

“Are we ready to meet the threat from China? No.”

May 24, 2021