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SecNav and CNO Tell Congress Navy Meeting With Columbia Primes, Updates On Large Surface Combatant

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SecNav and CNO Tell Congress Navy Meeting With Columbia Primes, Updates On Large Surface Combatant
Artist rendering of the future Columbia-class nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), which will replace the Ohio-class submarines. (Illustration: U.S. Navy)

The Secretary of the Navy and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) told appropriators this week that the service is trying to build more margin in the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine program and also provided Congress with updates on the future Large Surface Combatant (LSC). Appropriators raised concerns about the Columbia program’s cost and schedule margin given a tight timeline, especially following a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that said the submarine’s procurement cost was overly optimistic about labor hour assumptions…

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