Lawmakers call Navy's acquisition strategy for future large surface combatant 'high-risk'

By Mallory Shelbourne / September 12, 2019 at 1:24 PM
Senate appropriators are concerned about the Navy's acquisition approach for its future large surface combatant, calling the current strategy "high-risk." The report accompanying the mark of the Senate Appropriations Committee's fiscal year 2020 defense spending bill criticizes the service for planning to purchase a large surface combatant just after completing the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers' Flight III multiyear procurement and suggests cutting $46.6 million in research and development funds from the Navy's future surface combatant force. Lawmakers want the Navy's acquisition...

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