The House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee plans to meet the Navy's request to approve three Virginia-class submarines in its portion of the fiscal year 2020 defense policy bill, charting a different course than its Senate counterpart and the House Appropriations Committee. While the Senate Armed Services Committee authorized $4.7 billion for the Navy to purchase two Virginia Payload Module submarines, the upper chamber opted to approve advanced procurement funding for the third vessel in its policy bill...
