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Rendering of the U.S. Navy's USS Wisconsin, a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine now under construction. [Image: U.S. Navy]
North Texas STEM Platform Partners with U.S. Navy to Teach Submarine-Building Skills in Schools
by David Seeley | Oct 10, 2024
As global threats continue to rise, the U.S. Navy has urgent need for something silent beneath the seas—new submarines to augment its existing fleet. But America’s submarine industry will need to hire 140,000 skilled employees over the next decade to meet the service's growing demand. Now Southlake-based Learning Blade, a STEM career exploration platform for grades 5–9, is diving in to help address this critical workforce shortage—by sparking a new generation of sub builders.
