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Key Surface Navy Reforms In Final NDAA

Thursday, July 26th, 2018

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Key Surface Navy Reforms In Final NDAA

The USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) arrives in the port of Pascagoula, Miss.on Jan. 19 aboard the heavy lift vessel MV Transself as it heads to Huntington Ingalls Industries’ shipyard for repairs and upgrades. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

House And Senate fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill conferees agreed on several Navy surface warfare reforms while making some of the stronger changes into studies.A provision in the House National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) called for ship examinations after October 2019 be conducted on a no notice basis to provide an accurate representation of ships without special preparation. It also said the reports detailing the results of the inspections should be unclassified and available to the public. The Senate…

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