The Navy wants to continue buying two Virginia-class attack submarines a year even as it starts procurement of its expensive new ballistic missile submarines, but whether it will be able to do so is far from a sure thing, the service’s acquisition executive told lawmakers on Wednesday.The service plans to start procuring both Ohio replacement and the Virginia-class submarines in fiscal year 2021, buying one of each class that year. It would like to continue buying two Virginia-class boomers per year as…
