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CBO: Navy’s Next Nuclear Attack Submarine Could Cost $5.5B a Hull

10 October 2019

Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Missouri (SSN-780) on May 31, 2018. US Navy Photo

The Navy’s next-generation attack submarine program may cost $69 billion more than the service is planning to spend, according to a Congressional Budget Office estimatereleased this week, creating a major delta between the Navy’s long-term shipbuilding cost estimates and CBO’s.

In what appears to be the first public cost estimate for the SSN(X) program that would follow the Virginia-class SSNs, the Navy...

https://news.usni.org/2019/10/10/cbo-navys-next-nuclear-attack-submarine-could-cost-5-5b-a-hull

Navy: Lack of Submarine Parts Slowing Down Maintenance, New Construction

27 March 2019

USS Hawaii (SSN-776) off of Oahu, Hawaii during Rim of the Paciﬁc (RIMPAC) exercise, July 9, 2018 . US Navy photo.

CAPITOL HILL – A competition for material between submarine construction and submarine maintenance is contributing to slowdowns in both, the Navy’s acquisition chief told USNI News today.

The Navy has more submarine maintenance to conduct than its four public shipyards can accommodate. As a result, the service has been shifting maintenance availabilities of its older Los...

https://news.usni.org/2019/03/26/navy-lack-submarine-parts-slowing-maintenance-new-construction

Top Stories 2018: Navy Acquisition

1 January 2019

USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime stories in 2018. This story is part of USNI News year-end series.

F-35C Joint Strike Fighter

An F-35C Lightning II assigned to the “Argonauts” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 sits chained on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) on Dec. 9, 2018. US Navy Photo

The Navy’s F-35C had an important year, with the fighter seeing its...

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/01/40013