
Navy officials this week emphasized the current goals for U.S. submarine construction rates are about five times higher than they were in 2015 while the service is working to better in-service submarine availability as maintenance rates improve. In written testimony to the House Armed Services Committee’s Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee for an October 25 hearing, Under Secretary of the Navy Erik Raven, Commander of Naval Submarine Forces Vice Adm. William Houston, and Program Executive Officer for Attack Submarines Rear…