2025 Navy Contracting Summit & Shipbuilding Expo
In its 11th year, the 2025 Navy Contracting Summit brings together: Navy Pentagon Officials, Navy Command & Base Officials, Contracting Officers, Contracting Experts, Financing Sources, and Business Leaders nationwide. Hundreds of Prime Contractors, Subcontractors, Military Officials, Contracting Officials, Financing Experts, and Defense Agencies from throughout the country registered to participate in person for the 2024 Navy Contracting Summit.
This year's Summit features a dynamic Shipbuilding Expo. On May 14, 2025, Navy Secretary John Phelan appeared before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense and emphasized that shipbuilding and strengthening the maritime industrial base is one of the Navy's top priorities. And last week, Congress passed $157 Billion in new defense spending, including $29 Billion for Shipbuilding and the Maritime Industrial Base. The Shipbuilding Expo will feature the latest shipbuilding innovations from industry and is open to large shipbuilders as well as the many subcontractors participating in the expansion of the shipbuilding industrial base.