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Newport News to Require Additional Shipyard Investments If Navy Expands Submarine Procurement in 2020s

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Newport News to Require Additional Shipyard Investments If Navy Expands Submarine Procurement in 2020s
Launching of the Virginia-class attack submarine Minnesota (SSN-783) at HII's Newport News Shipbuilding division. (Photo: HII)

Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding is the midst of making improvements to its yard to support work on the Ford-class aircraft carrier and the Virginia-class and Ohio replacement submarines, but if the Navy continues procuring attack submarines at a two-per-year pace, the company will need to make additional investments, executives told Defense Daily in April.The Navy’s current program of record would slow Virginia-class submarine construction to one per year during years when an Ohio replacement sub also is…

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