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Virginia-Class Gets Milestone III Approval

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Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

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By Geoff Fein The Virginia-class submarine program is hitting two marks this month as the Pentagon approved Milestone III and authorization of full-rate production, and the lead ship is heading into the class' first shipyard availability, a service official said. Milestone III approval will allow the program to continue construction of the boats beyond the established Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) of 14 submarines through the remainder of the class, according to the Navy. Those 14 ships include four in Block…

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