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Draft FY ‘24 NDAA Gives Multi-Year Authority For 13 Subs, Hundreds Of MK-48 Torpedoes

Draft FY ‘24 NDAA Gives Multi-Year Authority For 13 Subs, Hundreds Of MK-48 Torpedoes
The Virginia-class attack submarine Montana (SSN-794) undergoing initial sea trials with shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries News Shipbuilding division near Norfolk, Va. (Photo: HII)

The initial mark of the House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee’s portion of the fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill would give the Navy authority to award multi-year procurement contracts for up to 13 attack submarines and 550 MK-48 torpedoes. The bill draft specifically gives the Secretary of the Navy authority to use multi-year procurement contracts for up to 13 Block IV Virginia-class attack submarines as well as up to six Auxiliary Personnel Lighters, berthing barges that house…

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