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SecNav Confirms DDG Multi-Year Procurement Planned, Agrees With Ending F/A-18E/F Purchases

SecNav Confirms DDG Multi-Year Procurement Planned, Agrees With Ending F/A-18E/F Purchases
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro speaks to audience members at the National Museum of the U.S. Navy (NMUSN) during a ceremony celebrating the Navy’s 246th birthday on October 13, 2021. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ellen Sharkey)

The Secretary of the Navy confirmed the department will seek another multi-year procurement contract for Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers and backs previous service plans to end new purchases of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft. When speaking at the Aspen Security Forum on Thursday, Carlos Del Toro was asked how he responds to and if he accepts as fact General Dynamics Bath Iron Works [GD] warning it would have to cut 2,400 shipbuilding jobs by 2024 if the Navy does not…

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