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Official: Columbia Will Be On Time But No Margin, Supplier Inspections Continue

Wednesday, May 8th, 2019

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Official: Columbia Will Be On Time But No Margin, Supplier Inspections Continue

An artist's rendering of the U.S. Navy's future Columbia-class submarine. (Image: U.S. Navy )

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- The program manager for the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines said Tuesday while the boats have almost no margin for delays, he believes the submarines will be ready in time and that additional inspections of suppliers will continue. At the top of his presentation here at the Navy league’s annual Sea Air Space Expo, Capt. John Rucker, program manager for the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine, said bluntly “we really have no margin for the lead ship, as…

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