The U.S. should expand its capabilities beyond current modernization plans despite industrial constraints, it said in a report.
She laid out the submarine production rate needed for AUKUS at her Senate hearing, though her confirmation is uncertain.
The Senate unanimously passed legislation that will eventually require components for all Navy ships to be made in the United States.
The Pentagon has started to use Ukraine aid funds to bolster munitions production while hoping to free defense supply chains from Russia and China.
