Rep. Golden Questions Navy on New Multiyear Procurement Contract for Destroyers Built at BIW
May 13, 2022
May 13, 2022
WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release:
In a hearing this week before the House Armed Services Committee, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) urged Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael Gilday to provide consistency regarding the Navy's production goals for the DDG-51 and questioned whether their proposed procurement strategy would produce a shipbuilding workforce capable of meeting the Navy's needs as it continues to build DDG-51 ships . . .
In a hearing this week before the House Armed Services Committee, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) urged Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael Gilday to provide consistency regarding the Navy's production goals for the DDG-51 and questioned whether their proposed procurement strategy would produce a shipbuilding workforce capable of meeting the Navy's needs as it continues to build DDG-51 ships . . .