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Senate’s LSM Amphib Limits Win In Final NDAA

Monday, December 9th, 2024

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Senate’s LSM Amphib Limits Win In Final NDAA

The previous concept design for the Navy’s Medium Landing Ship (LSM), featured in an April Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report. (Image: CBO)

The Senate’s version on limitations for the future Medium Landing Ship (LSM) for the Navy and Marine Corps won out in the final FY 2025 defense authorization bill, requiring the Navy ship design before construction can start. Both chambers ' draft bills placed limits on the Navy starting to build the new LSM until certain design levels are complete, given heavy delays in recent new ship classes and concerns about final costs. Earlier this year, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro’s…

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