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CR Includes Slight Boost To Navy Shipbuilding, Adds Funds For Third Destroyer

CR Includes Slight Boost To Navy Shipbuilding, Adds Funds For Third Destroyer
Artist rendering of the first Flight III DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125). (Image: Huntington Ingalls Industries)

The stopgap funding measure passed by the House and pending before the Senate to avert a government shutdown includes $33.3 billion for shipbuilding, a slight boost above the Navy’s request, and supports building a potential third Arleigh Burke-class destroyer (DDG). Along with the $1.5 billion add for the DDG program, the continuing resolution contains several adjustments to Navy shipbuilding accounts such as cuts to the Constellation-class frigate and an increase for Ship-to-Shore connectors. The House on Tuesday voted narrowly along…

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