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Lawmakers Push Shipbuilding Accountability And Submarine Reports In House Appropriations Bill

Lawmakers Push Shipbuilding Accountability And Submarine Reports In House Appropriations Bill
Roll out of the Virginia-class submarine SSN 794 Montana at HII's Newport News Shipbuilding division in 2020. (Photo: HII)

The House Appropriations Committee’s mark of the FY ‘27 defense spending bill includes shipbuilding accountability provisions given increasing cost-to-complete requests and perennially delayed shipbuilding programs. The bill report said that while the committee supports the scale of the FY ‘27 Navy budget request of over $60 billion in discretionary shipbuilding funds to invest in a larger fleet, “funding alone does not guarantee on-time delivery and is no substitute for sound program management and rigorous oversight.” The committee said it is…

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