
Top Navy officials told the House Armed Services Seapower Subcommittee on Tuesday that the service plans to extend the life of one nuclear-powered Los Angeles-class (SSN-688) attack submarine by 10 years before seeing if it will repeat the process with four more.James Geurts, assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development, and acquisition (ASN RD&A), told the committee that the FY ’19 budget includes funds to extend the first of up to five Los Angeles-class submarines.“We believe we have four…