
The Navy’s fiscal 2025 budget request, seeking only six new ships and reducing planned submarines by one, faced a chilly reception from some congressional leaders this week. The lawmakers opposed plans to procure only six new ships in FY ‘25, which includes one Virginia-class attack submarine, changing previous plans to buy two. The Navy also plans to delay procurement of the future Ford-class carrier CVN-82 from FY '28 to FY '30. “At a time when the pace of all of…