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Navy Mulling Cross-Class Joint Buys, Multiyear Contracts to Meet Ohio-Replacement Goals

Navy Mulling Cross-Class Joint Buys, Multiyear Contracts to Meet Ohio-Replacement Goals
The Navy and industry are looking to leverage parts and processes from the Virginia-class attack submarines, such as the USS North Dakota (SSN-784), above, where feasible. Though construction won't begin until 2021, talks are beginning now to learn what commonality makes financial sense. Photo courtesy U.S. Navy.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. –The Navy signed off on the specifications of the Ohio-replacement ballistic missile submarine in the first week of April, giving program officials six and a half years before construction of the lead ship to refine the design and continue lowering the cost to its “should-cost” goal of $4.9 billion per boat. Ohio-replacement program manager Capt. William Brougham said during a briefing at the Navy League’s annual Sea Air Space conference that he had hoped to finish the…

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