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

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, March 12th, 2025

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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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MOSA Implementation By Pentagon Lagging, GAO Official Says

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