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Navy Looks To Commonality to Help Drive Savings On Future SSBNs

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Friday, August 20th, 2010

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By Geoff Fein In an effort to find savings on the follow-on to the Ohio-class submarine, the Navy's Strategic Systems Program (SSP) office is seeking commonalities between current submarine programs as well as opportunities to share systems with the United Kingdom on its Vanguard-class follow-on. As the Navy moves to the Ohio replacement program, as part of the common missile compartment, SSP and the Program Executive Office (PEO) Submarines are taking a look at the hardware and software requirements within…

Congress

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