House and Senate authorizers have agreed to use incremental funding to enter a contract for the construction of a new USS Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, according to the joint fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill , which approves $895 billion for national defense priorities. Along with the incremental funding of $700 million for an additional destroyer, authorizers agreed with an earlier provision from Senate authorizers that would require full-scale testing of a minimum of two electric propulsion motors for the destroyers...
