「英中对照」美海军与Anduril拟投66亿美元建造Arsenal-2造船厂

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• Anduril Industries and the U.S. Navy announced Tuesday their plans to spend $6.6 billion to build a software-run shipyard within the Port of Baltimore in Maryland. Anduril Industries 与美国海军周二宣布了其斥资 $6.6 billion 的计划，将在马里兰州巴尔的摩港内建造一座由软件运行的造船厂。 
• The shipyard, dubbed Arsenal-2, will span two million square feet and manufacture components for Virginia-class submarines to refit the Navy’s fleet. The site will also create over 3,100 jobs by 2034, according to the press release.这座名为 Arsenal-2 的造船厂将占地 200 万平方英尺，并为弗吉尼亚级潜艇制造组件，用于翻新海军舰队。新闻稿称，该场地到 2034 年还将创造超过 3,100 个就业岗位。
• Permitting and site preparation is set to “begin immediately,” and construction is expected to commence as soon as Anduril receives the required approvals for the shipyard. Operations are anticipated to come online in 2030.许可审批与场地准备工作将“立即开始”，建造工作预计将在 Anduril 获得该造船厂所需批准后尽快启动。相关运营预计将于 2030 年启动。

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Anduril intends to gradually scale production once Arsenal-2 begins operations as the defense systems maker builds its workforce, supplier base, infrastructure and production rate required for submarine output.Arsenal-2 开始运营后，Anduril 计划逐步扩大生产规模；与此同时，这家防务系统制造商将建设员工队伍、供应商基础、基础设施，并形成潜艇生产所需的生产速率。

Arsenal-2 will be built on a 187-acre site for “high-volume, high-precision production of undersea naval capabilities.” Anduril’s software platform, ArsenalOS, will digitally support the shipyard and production systems, connecting fabrication workflows, outfitting sequences, material movement, inspection protocols and documentation requirements in one system.Arsenal-2 将建在一片占地 187 英亩的场地上，用于“大批量、高精度生产水下海军战力”。Anduril 的软件平台 ArsenalOS 将为造船厂和生产系统提供数字化支持，将制造工作流、舾装工序、物料流转、检验规程和文档要求整合到一套系统中。

The system will enable greater consistency and allow workers and managers to have real-time visibility into Arsenal-2’s manufacturing process.该系统将实现更高的一致性，并让工人和管理人员能够实时掌握 Arsenal-2 的制造流程。

Anduril will invest $3.7 billion, with the remaining $2.9 billion being funded through a Navy contract, according to the press release. The Navy will issue payments based on production outcomes.新闻稿称，Anduril 将投资 $3.7 billion，剩余 $2.9 billion 由一份海军合同提供资金。海军将根据生产成果支付款项。

The partners began discussions more than two years ago about whether Anduril could assist the Navy’s submarine enterprise “in a larger way,” company co-founder and CEO Brian Schimpf said Tuesday during a press conference featuring President Donald Trump.合作伙伴两年多前开始讨论 Anduril 能否“更大程度地”协助海军的潜艇事业，公司 联合创始人兼首席执行官 Brian Schimpf 的表态于周二在 Donald Trump 总统出席的一场新闻发布会上发表。

Anduril’s initial answer was no, Schimpf said, despite the company building autonomous aircraft, missiles, and the software to connect them.尽管该公司制造自主飞行器、导弹以及连接它们的软件，Schimpf 表示，Anduril 最初的回答是否定的。

“Even our most advanced systems sit at a different order of complexity than the Virginia-class submarine,” Schimpf continued. Schimpf 继续说道：“即使是我们最先进的系统，其复杂程度也与弗吉尼亚级潜艇不在同一量级。” 

Nevertheless, the company kept returning to the “submarine challenge” because its principal problem was too important to walk away from, the CEO added.这位首席执行官补充说，尽管如此，该公司还是一再回到“潜艇挑战”上来，因为它的首要问题太过重要，不能弃之不顾。

“The more time that Anduril spent learning about the industrial-based challenges, the clearer the need became to us,” Schimpf said. “The country requires substantially more places where submarine components can be built.” Schimpf 说：“Anduril 花在了解工业基础相关挑战上的时间越多，这一需求对我们而言就越清晰。国家需要大幅增加能够建造潜艇部件的场所。” 

Anduril worked with the Navy and other companies throughout the submarine industrial base to understand how the production system operates. Those companies include General Dynamics subsidiary Electric Boat, which has a multibillion-dollar Navy contract for Virginia-class attack submarines, and Huntington Ingalls at its shipyard in Newport News, Virginia.Anduril 与海军以及潜艇工业基础中的其他公司合作，以了解生产系统的运作方式。这些公司包括General Dynamics 子公司 Electric Boat，该公司拥有一份价值数十亿美元的弗吉尼亚级攻击潜艇海军合同，此外还有Huntington Ingalls，其造船厂位于弗吉尼亚州纽波特纽斯。

“We wanted to know where the most persistent constraints exist and where a new industrial player could make a meaningful contribution,” Scimpf said. “We also started testing what we were learning. We stood up a proto factory in California, where our teams are already proving new manufacturing approaches and developing components for the Virginia-class program.”Scimpf 说：“我们想知道最长期存在的制约在哪里，以及新的工业参与者能在哪些方面做出有意义的贡献。我们也开始检验我们所了解到的情况。我们在加利福尼亚州建立了一家原型工厂，在那里，我们的团队已经在验证新的制造方法，并为弗吉尼亚级项目开发部件。”

Anduril’s shipyard announcement comes days after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced six initiatives to shift the agency’s strategy. Anduril 发布造船厂相关公告的几天前，国防部长 Pete Hegseth 宣布了六项举措，旨在调整该机构的战略。 

One of the initiatives is Project Meridien, which Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey is involved in. The initiative will work to identify the capabilities required to enhance DOD’s technologies on the battlefield. DOD Chief Technology Officer Emil Michael is overseeing Project Meridian, and the initiative will be co-directed by Luckey, Elon Musk, and Newt Gingrich, according to a memo.其中一项举措是 Project Meridien，Anduril 联合创始人 Palmer Luckey 参与其中。该举措将致力于确定增强 DOD 战场技术所需的能力。DOD 首席技术官 Emil Michael 正在监督 Project Meridian，该举措将由 Luckey、Elon Musk 和 Newt Gingrich 共同指导，据一份备忘录称。