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Huntington Leader Pushes for Increased Defense Budget to Support Shipbuilding Priorities

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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