The House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee recommends reducing the term of planned cruiser availabilities from four years to two years, further limiting the Navy's phased modernization plan. The subcommittee's mark-up of the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill calls for a "Two-Two-Six" approach to modernize 11 out of 22 Ticonderoga-class cruisers -- a shift from the "Two-Four-Six" plan mandated by lawmakers in FY-15. The subcommittee recommends limiting the term of cruiser modernization to just two years to...
