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Navy Explains FSA, 30-Year Shipbuilding Report Delays

Friday, February 28th, 2020

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Navy Explains FSA, 30-Year Shipbuilding Report Delays

Thomas B. Modly, Acting Secretary of the Navy. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

Top Navy leadership Thursday told the House Armed Services Committee the 30-year shipbuilding plan is being delayed past the budget release so it can be integrated with the new integrated Force Structure Assessment (FSA) at the Secretary of Defense level. On Wednesday, House Armed Services Committee (HASC) members grilled Secretary of Defense Mark Esper over the shipbuilding decrease and why the annual 30-year shipbuilding plan was not set for release for months (Defense Daily, Feb. 26). At that hearing, HASC…

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