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House Appropriators Recommend Over $3 Billion More For Shipbuilding Industrial Base In 2026

House Appropriators Recommend Over $3 Billion More For Shipbuilding Industrial Base In 2026
The General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Conn. (Photo: GD Electric Boat)

The House Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee wants to continue bolstering the shipbuilding and maritime industrial base by providing it with over $3 billion in funds according to the committee’s draft fiscal year 2026 defense funding bill. The bill, released Monday before markup set to occur on Tuesday, recommended directing $1.5 billion for the Maritime Industrial Base “to invest in critical areas including supplier capacity and capability, strategic outsourcing, workforce training and technology and infrastructure." In recent years the Navy has…

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