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HAC Favors Old Sub Maintenance Over Third New Attack Sub

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019

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HAC Favors Old Sub Maintenance Over Third New Attack Sub

USS Boise (SSN-764) first arrives at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division to begin its extended engineering overhaul in June 2018. (Photo: HII)

The House Appropriations Committee FY 2020 defense appropriations bill moves hundreds of millions of dollars from funding for a third Virginia-class submarine to conduct maintenance work on three older boats. The Navy’s budget requested $7.2 billion to build three new attack submarines, with one being bought in FY ’23. However, the House panel recommended giving the Navy only $4 billion to build two new attack submarines. The remaining $3 million is then shifted to advanced procurement for Virginia boats and…

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