With the Navy set to unveil its fiscal year 2025 budget request on Monday, lawmakers are signaling their disapproval for a rumored reduction in Virginia-class submarine procurement, suggesting Congress is likely to add a second vessel back to the budget if it's absent from the service's forthcoming request. “It is not acceptable to only build one Virginia-class submarine and I think you'll see that both [from] appropriators and authorizers,” House Armed Services Committee member Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) told reporters...
