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White House Opposes NDAA Provisions For Minimum Amphibious Vessels, Third Destroyer

White House Opposes NDAA Provisions For Minimum Amphibious Vessels, Third Destroyer
Artist rendering of the first Flight II San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, LPD-30. (Image: HII)

The White House on July 12 released a Statement of Administration Policy that opposes several Navy and missile defense changes made by the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) from the FY ‘23 budget request, notably adding a floor of amphibious ships and funding a third destroyer. The administration opposes a provision that establishes a minimum number of Navy amphibious ships “or other numeric force structure provisions, as they unduly constrain evolutions in joint warfighting approaches and associated capability prioritization.” The…

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