By Emelie Rutherford The Navy's new plan to stop buying DDG-1000 destroyers in favor of older DDG-51 combattants results partly from a threat assessment showing a need for combating foes who have improved blue-water capabilities and ballistic missiles, service officials told lawmakers yesterday. The shipbuilding leaders gave a partially skeptical crowd of House members--including some concerned about Raytheon [RTN] jobs in their districts that are tied to the DDG-1000 effort--more details on the Navy's new shipbuilding request to stop the DDG-1000…
New Threat Assessment Helped Drive Navy Destroyer Change, Service Tells Hill
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