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HASC Seapower Mark Directs Design Maturity, DDG(X) Testing

Wednesday, July 28th, 2021

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HASC Seapower Mark Directs Design Maturity, DDG(X) Testing

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)

A House Armed Services Committee (HASC) panel would direct design maturity in future shipbuilding programs and require the Navy use a land-based test site before building the next generation destroyer program, DDG(X). The HASC Seapower Subcommittee included these provisions to reduce the chance of shipbuilding delays and increased construction costs over time. The first provision says the Secretary of the Navy “may not enter into a contract for the construction of the first ship for any major shipbuilding program” until…

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