
Destroyer Multi-Year. Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Harker told a Senate panel the service plans to sign another multi-year procurement contract for Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) Flight III destroyers amid an administration budget request that is seeking only one new destroyer in FY ‘22 despite promises to buy two per year. “Multi-year contracts are very important to us. We do intend to sign another multiyear for DDGs starting in ‘23 thru ‘27 and continue that procurement into the foreseeable future,”…