Lower hull costs still no guarantee for sub production

The U.S. Navy may not speed up production of Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines to two a year as planned even if the price goes below $2 billion per hull, according to the Navy's No. 2 leader. "There are a variety of shipbuilding activities that occur across the program, across the FYDP [five...

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