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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) urged the Navy Aug. 4 to hold off on procuring a new version of the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) guided-missile destroyer until the ship’s design is further along.The Navy plans to buy the first DDG-51 Flight III ship in fiscal year 2016 and ask Congress in February for authority to pursue a multi-year procurement for nearly half of its Flight III ships. But the Navy will be doing so without having completed the detail design, an…
