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House Panel Directs Navy Subsystem Report, Echoing Senate Tech Concerns

House Panel Directs Navy Subsystem Report, Echoing Senate Tech Concerns
Personnel go over safety procedures for the Upper Stage 1 advanced weapons elevator (AWE) with sailors from USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) weapons department in Newport News, Va. in January. This was the first of 11 elevators delivered to the ship. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

An amendment to the House Armed Services Committee’s markup of the fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill Tuesday directs a report on naval subsystem technology development, echoing similar Senate concerns. The House Armed Services Committee approved an en bloc set of amendments concerning the seapower subcommittee’s portion of the bill via voice vote. One amendment in the group sponsored by Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.) would direct the Secretary of the Navy to submit a report to the congressional defense committees…

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