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Navy/USMC

FY 2021 Request Starts Work on Future Amphibs and Logistics Ships

Thursday, February 20th, 2020

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FY 2021 Request Starts Work on Future Amphibs and Logistics Ships

The future amphibious transport dock USS Portland (LPD-27) during its acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico. (Photo: Huntington Ingalls Industries).

The Navy’s FY 2021 budget request said the service is seeking $30 million to start working on a future amphibious ship and another $30 million on a future logistics ship. In the budget highlights book, the Navy said it plans to invest the requested $60 million for research and development of the new intra-theater vessels able to support both Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) and Littoral Operations in a Contested Environment (LOCE). “A next generation medium amphibious ship will be…

Congress

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Unmanned Systems

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