The Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine program is at risk of incurring up to $43 million in contract cancellation fees if Congress slashes $20 million in requested funding for missile tube production. The service warned lawmakers of that consequence in an undated document newly obtained by Inside Defense that appeals cuts and rescissions to 50 Navy and Marine Corps programs included in the House Appropriations Committee’s version of the fiscal year 2020 defense spending bill. "The reduction creates a funding...
