Senior HII executive sees risk in Navy's planned LPD cuts

By Audrey Decker / April 5, 2022 at 3:52 PM
While industry is expressing concern over cuts to the LPD-class amphibious transport dock program in the Navy's fiscal year 2023 budget, some senior lawmakers say Congress will likely alter the service's plans. The Navy's requested FY-23 budget would end the San Antonio-class amphibious warship production line with LPD-32. “There's nothing more important in shipbuilding than predictability, a solid management team [and] a secure supply base and so to truncate that program at 32 when the Marines say they need more,...

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