The House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee today passed an amendment to its mark of the fiscal year 2020 defense policy bill that aims to force the Navy into accelerating a program to build a common hull auxiliary vessel. The amendment, offered by subcommittee Chairman Joe Courtney (D-CT) and Ranking Member Rob Wittman (R-VA), was passed by voice vote. "The committee is dismayed by the pace of the Navy's acquisition strategy for the Common Hull Auxiliary Multimission Platform,...