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White House Requests $7.3 Billion To Keep Funding Columbia, Virginia Sub Construction Shortfall

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White House Requests $7.3 Billion To Keep Funding Columbia, Virginia Sub Construction Shortfall
One of the U.S. Navy’s newest attack submarine, the future USS Idaho (SSN 799), launched from General Dynamics Electric Boat’s shipyard into the Thames River, Aug. 6, 2024. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Monday requested another $7.3 billion from Congress to continue to build the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) and cover shortfalls for three Virginia-class attack submarines (SSN). A senior Navy official told reporters Monday that OMB the requested two anomalies divided into $1.59 billion to continue the Columbia-class program during a continuing resolution and $5.69 billion in emergency appropriations for Virginia-class cost overruns and to provide wage and productivity enhancements. The…

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