2023 Industrial Base Report

ACTION DAYS 2025

Tuesday, March 25 – Wednesday, March 26

Join us for next year's Action Days at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia and on Capitol Hill.

Board Members

ACIBC SUPPLIER VIDEO

The industrial base needs Congressional support and funding to maintain our nation’s defense. Click the button below to hear the real-life challenges of suppliers and impacts of delayed carrier funding to the supplier workforce.

Our Priorities

A NATION OF RESILIANCE AND IMPACT

Today’s U.S. Navy aircraft carriers are the stunning result of over 2,000 companies in 44 states performing $9.2 billion worth of work. These businesses provide the parts that make these ships an unmatched expression of military power—capable of delivering sustained and overwhelming warfighting force around the globe.

Ford Milestones
ACIBC SPOTLIGHT
ACIBC Chair Lisa Papini spoke with Kris Osborn at Warrior Maven on the importance of stable and predictable funding for Ford-class construction.

"When production lines go cold, we know companies will have to lay off workers. We're trying to avoid that, so our specific request is $175 million in fiscal year 2025. The people who are part of this community (Aircraft Carrier Industrial Base Coalition) are some of the most proud and Patriotic I have met."
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WHO WE ARE

The Aircraft Carrier Industrial Base Coalition (ACIBC) represents businesses that supply parts, equipment and services for the construction and maintenance of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. Established in 2004, ACIBC seeks to preserve the strength of the aircraft carrier force and promote the value of the aircraft carrier industrial base as a vital part of the nation’s overall defense structure.

WHAT WE DO

We seek to preserve the strength of the aircraft carrier force and promote the value of the industrial base as a vital part of the nation’s overall defense structure. We are advocates for not only increased congressional funding for carrier programs, but for the thousands of American jobs supported by this funding.

WHAT WE STAND FOR

Aircraft carriers are built and maintained with parts built by over 2,000 businesses spread out across the United States – helping inject $9.2 billion into communities across the country. Stability in aircraft carrier programs is critical not only to our national security, but also to the shipbuilding industrial base as well.

Data reflects spending between 2019-2023. Last updated March 2024.

OUR IMPACT

ACIBC member companies are making a difference across the country, creating tens of thousands of jobs and helping keep Americans safe by supplying the Navy with parts it needs to build aircraft carriers.

Dante Valve President Lisa Papini visits USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

Bellflower, CA — Dante Valve President Lisa Papini recently had the great honor of participating in a U.S. Navy Distinguished Visitor Embark (DVE) flight excursion to ...
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Dante Valve Executive Charlie Smith Takes In Thrills Of DVE Aircraft Carrier Experience​

Norfolk, VA — Charlie Smith, Dante Valve’s General Manager of East Coast Operations, was honored to participate in a recent U.S. Navy Distinguished Visitor Embark ...
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Representative Joe Courtney Visits Design Automation Associates in Windsor Locks, CT

Windsor Locks, CT — Representative Joe Courtney (D-CT-02) visited Design Automation Associates (DAA) while in Windsor Locks to see the jobs and businesses the U.S. Navy ...
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