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Kennedy Seeks Cost Comparison Data Between DDG-51 And 1000

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Friday, October 31st, 2008

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By Geoff Fein Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) has asked the Navy to provide him data comparing costs between the DDG-51 and DDG-1000 as well as documentation supporting the Navy's assertion that the plan to restart the Arleigh Burke class of destroyers would be budget neutral. Because of the questions surrounding the Navy's decision to go back to DDG-51, which, according to service officials, were based on rapid changes in the global security environment that outstripped the capability set that DDG-1000…

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