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“We have the highest concentration of critical suppliers in the entire country right here in the Philadelphia region. We already rely upon them, so when we talk about a Pipeline Project, it starts right here in Philadelphia with its maritime roots.”

– Rear Adm. Scott Pappano, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), Program Executive Office (PEO), Columbia

“Strategic use of this Pipeline collaborative to recruit, train, and retain our current and future maritime trades workforce, here in the Philadelphia region and beyond will build a stronger, more resilient maritime industrial base workforce.”

– Tom Perotti, NSWCPD Technical Director

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U.S. Navy Leaders Celebrate 1 Year Milestone of the Pennsylvania Talent Pipeline Project

PHILADELPHIA, PA, May 27, 2022 - Senior U.S. Navy leaders joined partners from the Department of Defense, industry, and academia in the formal Signing Day Ceremony of the Pennsylvania Talent Pipeline Project, a program that aims to reinvigorate the defense trade skills workforce across Philadelphia and the surrounding region, May 25. Read More…

US nuclear deterrent patrols the world’s oceans

FROM ABC NEWS: Martha Raddatz reports on board a U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarine and explores how the most destructive warships ever built are helping keep Americans safe on “This Week.”

The Pennsylvania Talent Pipeline Project Expands to Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH, PA, April 11, 2022 – The Navy held a Pennsylvania Talent Pipeline Project round table discussion on April 7, 2022, at the Community College of Allegheny County, West Hills Center. The purpose was to gauge the Pittsburgh region’s demand to support Submarine Industrial Base Suppliers with the Program Management, education, training, and coaching to enable employers to re-capitalize their skilled trade workforce to better meet the future production demands of the Navy. CMDCM(SS) Josh Sturgill, Command Master Chief for Team Submarine, met with Pittsburgh region employers and Career and Technical Education Programs and listened to how the Talent Pipeline Project could be customized to the Pittsburgh region’s specific circumstance. Read More…

US Navy Announces Multi-Year Pennsylvania Pipeline Project

PHILADELPHIA, PA, November 9, 2021 - The Department of the Navy Program Executive Office Strategic Submarines released an Addendum to their previous announcement in April of this year to provide an update on the Pennsylvania Pipeline Project, a joint Navy-OSD IBAS program to build and sustain the future Maritime Defense Workforce and progress that has been made over the initial six months. The Addendum lays out the long-term strategy for the Program, including the completion of the Philly Workforce Pipeline Pilot in 2024 and, beginning in January 2022, the Program's expansion to Western PA / Pittsburgh Region. Our Team will also be exploring other Regions of the country to determine where the next Program should start. Read More.

DoD Helps Build Trusted Partnership among Philadelphia Region Defense Suppliers, High Schools and Community Colleges

September 23, 2021 - On Wednesday, September 15, the U.S. Navy’s Shipbuilding Industrial Base Task Force, in coordination with the Columbia Class Submarine Program and the Defense Department’s Office of Industrial Policy, hosted a major program milestone as part of the ongoing “Pennsylvania Pipeline Project: Philadelphia Region Workforce Pilot”. Key stakeholders from across the defense and academic communities gathered at Penn State University on the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Read More

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U.S. Defense, Federal and Local Officials Join Forces to Continue Implementation of U.S. Navy’s Philadelphia Region Workforce Pilot

September 21, 2021 - It was a packed house at the Philadelphia Region Workforce Pipeline Pilot Employer/Career & Technical Education (CTE) “Matching” Program Review meeting, hosted at Penn State University at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia on Sept. 15, 2021.

Representatives from the Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) continued to join forces with federal and local officials, local employers and academic institutions to develop a program committed to building sustainable talent pipelines in this region and energizing the regional economy. Read More

Congresswoman Scanlon and Philadelphia Officials Celebrate U.S. Navy’s New Philadelphia Region Workforce Pipeline Pilot

September 15, 2021 - Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon, Philadelphia City Councilwoman  Katherine Gilmore Richardson, and School District of Philadelphia Superintendent William R.  Hite, Jr., Ed.D. today joined representatives from the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S.  Navy to celebrate a new workforce pilot program. 

The U.S. Navy and Secretary of Defense have more than $300 billion planned for investments  in new submarines, aircraft carriers, and ships, over the next several decades. Pennsylvania  has the most defense suppliers (~300) and critical suppliers (40+) of any state for the Navy’s  submarine and aircraft carrier programs, but suppliers nationwide are struggling to meet their  workforce needs. Read More

NSWC Philadelphia Division Hosts Talent Acquisition and Retention Training Workshop for Pennsylvania Pipeline Project: Philadelphia Region Workforce Pilot

August 24, 2021 - Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) hosted a training workshop for the Pennsylvania Pipeline Project: Philadelphia Region Workforce Pilot on Aug. 4, 2021.

The Philadelphia Pipeline Program Director Joe Barto from the Training Modernization Group (TMG), Inc. kicked off the session by stating that the joint maritime ecosystem has been challenged with workforce sustainability.

“We must use this Pipeline collaborative to engage the greater Philadelphia region economy by creating and sustaining a maritime and defense industrial base-focused workforce pipeline that enables employers to re-capitalize their workforce through recruiting, hiring, training, and retaining skilled workforce members with critical trade skills,” Barto said.

The five-hour training session served as a preparation for the official Philadelphia Region Workforce Pilot implementation scheduled for fall 2021… read more

NSWC Philadelphia Division Hosts Commitment Kickoff for Pennsylvania Pipeline Project: Philadelphia Region Workforce Pilot

June 7, 2021 - Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) on May 27 hosted a commitment kickoff meeting for the upcoming Pennsylvania Pipeline Project: Philadelphia Region Workforce Pilot.

The primary goal of the overall pipeline project is to “energize and engage the greater Philadelphia Region economy by creating and sustaining a maritime and defense industrial base- focused workforce pipeline that enables employers to re-capitalize their workforce through recruiting, hiring, training, and retaining skilled workforce members with critical trade skills for one-year as productive and engaged new employees,” according to the brief given during the two-hour session… read more

DoD Industrial Policy Partners with Navy to Support Defense Maritime Industrial Workforce and Production Needs in Philadelphia Region

May 28, 2021 -The U.S. Navy’s Shipbuilding Industrial Base Task Force (SIB-TF), in partnership with the Department of Defense’s Office of Industrial Policy (IndPol), launched the “Pennsylvania Pipeline Project: Philadelphia Region Workforce Pilot” on May 27, 2021. Managed under IndPol’s Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) Program, and built upon an economic development framework, this effort aligns critical workforce and trade skill opportunities across the academic and shipbuilding communities. This pilot, which is planned to rapidly expand across the state, aims to energize and engage the greater Philadelphia region by creating and sustaining a defense focused workforce pipeline designed to meet the maritime demand signal and requirement for highly specialized trades now and in the future. …read more