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Navy/USMC

Wittman Sketches Shipbuilding Challenges: Maintain $26 Billion But Add $3 Billion When Columbia Subs Start

Thursday, May 10th, 2018

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Wittman Sketches Shipbuilding Challenges: Maintain $26 Billion But Add $3 Billion When Columbia Subs Start

Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.), vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. (Photo: U.S. Congress)

The chair of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) seapower panel on Thursday said the FY ’18 shipbuilding authorization of $26.2 billion should be maintained before adding $3 billion when the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) starts production.“I think even the Navy hasn’t been as direct as they need to be with the 30-year shipbuilding plan” because it provides spots the Congress can fill in additional ships the industrial base can sustain, Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) said at a Hudson…

Space

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Congress

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Space

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Congress

Warren And Sheehy Renew Call for “Right to Repair” In NDAA

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