The Navy has agreed with government auditors to notify Congress when the service falls short of planned procurement quantities in any multiyear contract. An Aug. 8 Government Accountability Office report examined the Navy’s seven critical weapon system programs that used multiyear procurement contracts in fiscal years 2021 and 2022. It found that the budget requests for three of these programs, DDG-51 destroyers, V-22 aircraft and Virginia-class submarines, included quantity reductions. According to GAO, there is no requirement in existing Defense...