By Geoff Fein The Navy is beginning to examine how to lower the overall lifecycle cost of the Virginia-class submarine program, similar to the effort the service pursued to drop the cost per hull to $2 billion, according to a Navy official. Under the Block III effort, the Navy focused only on ship acquisition costs while making sure that the Navy didn't pass on the bill on operating and support costs, Capt. Michael Jabaley, program manager of the Virginia-class program,…
Navy Begins Exploring Cost Savings For Block IV Virginia-Class Subs
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