The Navy's premier fiscal year 2022 budget priorities are keeping the Columbia-class submarine program on track, pursuing its shipyard revitalization efforts and recapitalizing the service's sealift fleet, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday said Thursday. The Navy considers the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine its top acquisition priority and awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $9.47 billion contract modification in November 2020 to begin full construction on the first Columbia-class submarine. The new subs are meant to replace the Ohio...
