BuAir had airplanes, BuOrd had ordnance, and
BuShips had you know what.
In addition to the naval shipyards owned by defense contractors, such as the Electric Boat Company (now General Dynamics Electric Boat),
BUSHIPS allowed defense contractors to use U.S.
However, OPNAV, BuAer, and
BuShips lacked the shared understanding that placing jets on carriers meant that the carriers had to change in a fundamental way.
This program is jointly controlled by Naval Reactors (NR), a division of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and Nuclear Propulsion Code 390, later Code 1500 (NPD), a department of the US Navy Bureau of Ships (
BuShips).