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Senators Skeptical Of DDG(X) And Unmanned Vessel Development Speed

Tuesday, October 19th, 2021

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Senators Skeptical Of DDG(X) And Unmanned Vessel Development Speed

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 draft fiscal year 2022 defense spending bill expressed skepticism for the speed the Navy is moving to develop a next-generation guided-missile destroyer (DDG(X)) and funding for unmanned vessel programs that is moving too quickly. The Navy requested almost $80 million for preliminary design of the DDG(X) to help allow it to award the detail design and construction contract by fiscal year 2026. The committee’s bill report said this is almost $71 million more than requested in…

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