The U.S. Navy is considering a new approach to ship construction that would allow some vessels to be built overseas, according to reporting from Defense News and both Military Times and Navy Times. The outlets describe the effort as a change in how the Navy treats where ships are constructed, following reported disagreement within the Trump administration and Navy leadership over the extent to which shipbuilding should be outsourced. Defense News and the other publications tie the new plan to a reported dispute between President Donald Trump and then-Navy Secretary John Phelan, with the disagreement centered on outsourcing construction for selected ships. While the articles agree that the Navy is opening the door to overseas construction, they also frame it as part of a broader plan under review rather than a fully finalized policy. The reporting indicates the proposal is meant to address how and where future ship production could be carried out, but it does not describe specific ship classes, locations, or timelines in the provided summaries. Overall, the sources present the move as a potential shift in procurement and industrial strategy driven by internal leadership differences over outsourcing.