Do they work nights and weekends? And that is a serious question.
if the implied question is could they speed up construction in order to produce extra boats - where do they get the extra skilled engineers? It’s taken them over 20 years to get t9 where the6 are now. What they want is a stable work force with stable orders to maintain a stable production rate.
The US is struggling to increase production of the Virginia class from 2 to 2.5 a year for much the same planning reasons as the UK- the design team moved on to Columbia and is now mov8ng on to SSNX and they are already moving trained workforce onto the Columbia line.
https://www.defensenews.com/naval/20...arine-program/
I imagine once contracts are signed Barrow might also find it hard to keep staff numbers as Australia starts poaching. Adelaide or Barrow - tricky choice…..