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Navy Nuke Propulsion Builder Sees Second Virginia-Class Support

Thursday, May 7th, 2020

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Navy Nuke Propulsion Builder Sees Second Virginia-Class Support

The Navy’s nuclear-powered vessel propulsion builder, BWX Technologies [BWXT], said they see increasing support for a second Virginia-class attack submarine and do not expect a potential continuing resolution in the fall to negatively impact the company. “The House and Senate Armed Services committees are slated to provide their markups to the president's budget request in the coming months, and we are seeing incremental bipartisan support for a second Virginia Class submarine in the FY '21 budget discussions,” CEO of BWXT…

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