The Navy's undersea programs remain strong in the service's fiscal year 2023 budget request, but surface fleet numbers are drawing concern from three prominent House lawmakers. House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee Chairman Joe Courtney (D-CT) said the Biden administration's budget request is a “very good budget as far as the undersea.” For the first time in the past five years, the topline shipbuilding budget is higher than the previous year’s enacted budget, Courtney said during an interview...
