Due to a systemic change in the Navy's insurance policy, the service failed to meet its June 1 deadline to have a third party conduct work on its submarines' vertical launch systems. This issue is slowing down submarine maintenance “as we speak,” according to Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), chairman of the House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee and a member of the readiness subcommittee. The Navy is refusing to provide unusually hazardous risk indemnification for work on attack...
