Navy to advance amphibious warship block buy in the coming weeks

By Nick Wilson / April 23, 2024 at 4:12 PM
The Navy is planning to use multiship procurement to buy four amphibious warships and aims to put the vessels on contracts within a matter of weeks, according to Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro. “We hope to be able to take the four-ship buy basically, with the LPDs and the one LHA that’s at play here and be able to negotiate as low of a price as we possibly can. So, I think you’ll see something come out of this in...

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