The Pentagon is appealing a $150 million cut in prior-year shipbuilding funds for the Navy's DDG-1000 program in the fiscal year 2010 House defense authorization bill, which the Defense Department argues would force the service to rebid the contracts and raise the cost of the three ships under contract. House authorizers cut $150 million of the $309.6 million the department requested for "FY-10 Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding" funds, which would cover government liability with the three prime contractors for...