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Young: Study If DDG-1000 Hull Is Right For Future Cruiser

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Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon's outgoing purchasing czar said analysis of the Navy's future cruiser should begin "right away," and maintained the service's previous plan to base the ship on the DDG-1000 destroyer's hull should not be dismissed. Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics John Young told reporters at the Pentagon last Friday he has been "misportrayed" as doing program advocacy for the next-generation DDG-1000. The Pentagon, Navy, and industry recently agreed to truncate the buy of…

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