By Geoff Fein The Navy is continuing to find ways to shave dollars from the cost of building Virginia-class submarines, and is within $40 million of reaching its goal of $2 billion per hull, according to a Navy official. Additionally, the Navy is moving closer to getting the construction cycle from build to completion down to 60 months, Rear Adm. William Hilarides, program executive officer submarines (PEO Subs), told Defense Daily in a recent interview. The Navy is planning to…
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Two top GOP senators on the Senate Appropriations Committee are opposing a third reconciliation bill. The Trump administration’s total $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense request is split between $1.15 […]
HASC’s Final FY ‘27 NDAA Expands Systems Eligible For Multi-Years, Includes LTAMDS, IBCS, ARRW
House defense authorizers added a measure to their version of the next defense policy bill that would expand the list of weapons platforms eligible for multi-year contracts, to include the […]
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