By Carlo Munoz Navy shipbuilding accounts will hit a tipping point when production begins to backslide over the next decade, unless the service can secure increases in future topline budget requests, senior Navy leaders told Congress this week. The sea service is on track to hit a base fleet size of 313 ships over the next few years, with that number reaching closer to 325 in 2020, Navy acquisition executive Sean Stackley said at a March 9 hearing of the…
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