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Senate Defense Appropriations Bill Adds $4 Billion To Navy Shipbuilding

Monday, August 1st, 2022

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Senate Defense Appropriations Bill Adds $4 Billion To Navy Shipbuilding

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 Appropriations Committee’s fiscal year 2023 defense appropriations bill, released July 28, adds $4 billion over the Navy’s request in shipbuilding. The Navy requested about $17.9 billion in shipbuilding funds for FY ‘23, but the Senate panel recommended funding the account to $31.9 billion. This increase includes adding $2.57 billion for a third Arleigh Burke-class destroyer; $380 million for large surface combatant shipyard infrastructure funding; $77 million for advanced procurement for a future destroyer; $264 million to buy three…

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