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Senate Authorizers Push Brakes On LSC, Next Generation Amphibious And Logistics Ships

Friday, June 26th, 2020

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Senate Authorizers Push Brakes On LSC, Next Generation Amphibious And Logistics Ships

Artist rendering of the first Flight III DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125). (Image: Huntington Ingalls Industries)

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s draft fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill would limit new future ship development until more work is done and Congress is given more details. The bill report noted that the Navy requested $126 million in research and development funds for ship concept advanced design to go toward the Future Surface Combatant (FSC), next generation medium amphibious ship, and next generation medium logistics ship, but decided to restrict funding. “The committee lacks sufficient clarity on the…

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