Continued sequestration and spending bills based on previous year levels could halve the amount of money required in fiscal 2014 to ramp up toward production of the first ship in the next class of ballistic missile submarines and delay it by as much as two years, the Navy’s top officer for submarine procurement said yesterday. Rear Adm. David Johnson, the program executive officer for subs, said at the Navy League symposium outside Washington that 2014 is a key year in…
First New Boomer Could Be Delayed Two Years Amid Budget Turmoil, Admiral Warns
Defense Daily Staff
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