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Stackley: Navy Won’t Buy LPD-28 Without Full $2 Billion Appropriated; Would Rather Fund Ship Design Research

Stackley: Navy Won’t Buy LPD-28 Without Full $2 Billion Appropriated; Would Rather Fund Ship Design Research
Sailors operate a rigid-hull inflatable boat during training from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19). (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Phylicia A. Hanson/Released)

Navy acquisition chief Sean Stackley told several lawmakers on Friday that he appreciates the money they provided for an extra LPD amphibious transport dock but could not promise them the service would actually spend the money as intended and get a ship on contract any time soon. The four congressional defense committees provided varying levels of funding for the ship–as much as $800 million–in the fiscal year 2015 authorization and appropriations bills. Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.), who represents the Ingalls Shipbuilding [HII] yard…

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