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Huntington Leader Pushes for Increased Defense Budget to Support Shipbuilding Priorities

By Vivienne Machi

Sunday, December 2nd, 2018

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Huntington Leader Pushes for Increased Defense Budget to Support Shipbuilding Priorities

An artist's rendering of the U.S. Navy's future Columbia-class submarine. (Image: U.S. Navy )

As Pentagon officials and lawmakers mull the topline of the fiscal year 2020 defense budget, Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] will be focused on ensuring the Navy’s next generation of nuclear submarines remains sufficiently funded without sacrificing other shipbuilding priorities, the company’s leader said.The forthcoming Columbia-class of nuclear submarines has been identified as a top service priority, said HII President and CEO Mike Petters in a Dec. 1 interview with Defense Daily in Simi Valley, California. But as officials consider whether…

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