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Senate NDAA Leaves Out LCS, Does Not Authorize CVN-81

Friday, May 25th, 2018

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Senate NDAA Leaves Out LCS, Does Not Authorize CVN-81

An MH-60 Romeo flying near the USS Freedom (LCS-1). Photo: U.S. Navy

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s markup of its FY ’19 defense authorization bill does not allow additional Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) or authorize CVN-81 ahead of reports on a two-carrier buy like its House-passed counterpart.The House’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) authorized spending $1.6 billion to procure three LCSs, an increase of $950 million over the administration’s request of $646 million for just one to finish the program as planned (Defense Daily, April 25).The Navy plans to transition to the…

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