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First Light Amphibious Warship Purchase Pushed Back To 2025

First Light Amphibious Warship Purchase Pushed Back To 2025
Austal USA concept mockup of the Light Amphibious Warship (LAW) presented at the Navy league's Sea Air Space expo in August 2021. (Photo: Richard Abott/Defense Daily)

The Navy’s fiscal year 2023 budget request pushes back the planned procurement of the first new Light Amphibious Warship (LAW) in fiscal year 2025, three years later than initially planned. According to the budget documents released on March 28, the Navy plans to procure the first LAW in FY ‘25, followed by one more in FY ‘26 and then two in FY ‘27. However, early year, Marine Maj. Gen. Tracy King, director of Expeditionary Warfare (OPNAV N95), said the Navy…

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