Navy's FY-17 budget request to add additional Virginia Payload Module, SECDEF says

By Jason Sherman / February 5, 2016 at 4:56 PM

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The Navy's fiscal year 2017 budget proposal will double down on future plans to boost the strike capability of its Virginia-class submarines by increasing the number of Virginia Payload Modules the service anticipates procuring in its five-year plan from one to two, according to Defense Secretary Ash Carter. While previewing select elements of the Navy's upcoming budget request during a Feb. 3 address to sailors in San Diego, Carter said the Defense Department would buy an additional VPM. "We're going...

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Navy's FY-17 budget request to add additional Virginia Payload Module, SECDEF says

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