A lawmaker backing plans to restore a nuclear submarine to the Navy’s budget said current legislation on Capitol Hill would allow the service to add the vessel through a somewhat-unorthodox funding setup. While the fate of many weapon systems is unknown amid ongoing budget deliberations in Washington, Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) said the Virginia-class submarine program is poised to receive at least one piece of good news from Congress: permission for incremental funding. “Language that would have prohibited incremental funding”…
Virginia Sub Said To Receive Special Funding Relief From Hill
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