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SASC Defense Bill Specifies $4.2 Billion Shipbuilding Add, Clarifies Frigate And LSM Restrictions

SASC Defense Bill Specifies $4.2 Billion Shipbuilding Add, Clarifies Frigate And LSM Restrictions
The future USS John Basilone (DDG-122) returns from acceptance trials conducted by General Dynamics Bath Iron Works personnel in the Gulf of Maine in May 2024 for the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey. (Photo: General Dynamics)

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) released the full fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill on Monday, which detailed recommendations to boost shipbuilding funds by $4.2 billion as well as clarifying restrictions on the new frigate and Landing Ship Medium (LSM) programs. While the bill’s executive summary was released last month, which noted recommendations for a second attack submarine and third destroyer, on July 8 the committee published the bill, funding tables and bill report (Defense Daily, June 14). The…

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