Delaying Submarine Buy Sets Back Program Gains, Admiral Says

FORT WASHINGTON, Md. — The budget plan to delay the purchase of one Virginia class submarine from fiscal 2014 to 2018 is a retreat in the program’s progress in bringing down unit costs, according to the manager for the U.S. Navy program. The cost hit from the delay has not been totaled, says Rear...

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