Case Study: General Dynamics NASSCO achieves faster, more accurate project scheduling and resource optimization with Deltek Open Plan

National Steel and Shipbuilding Company Old business adopts new tools to stay ahead

NASSCO (National Steel and Shipbuilding Company), a major U.S. shipbuilder since 1945, needed a powerful, flexible project management system to forecast budgets, estimate deadlines, and coordinate multiple large-scale commercial and military construction and repair projects while pursuing new business.

NASSCO deployed Deltek Open Plan (in use since the mid‑90s after evaluating competitors) to build detailed master schedules, optimize resource allocation, and accelerate trial scheduling and manning analyses for bids. The solution improved visibility and control across projects, reduced turnaround time for proposals, consolidated workloads, and helped the company meet deadlines and budgets.

General Dynamics NASSCO

Matt Burke

Senior Supervisor of Master Planning