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A key unknown amid the talk of reassessing LPD Flight II capabilities and design is how long the effort will take. The Navy will buy LPD-32 this current fiscal year. To keep the production line at peak efficiency, it would have to buy the next ship in FY25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An industry source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity as the individual was not authorized to talk abut the Navy\u2019s deliberations, said the shipbuilding industry has heard the battle force ship assessment and requirement study might end sooner, but that the capabilities-based assessment could last longer and threaten the service\u2019s ability to resume buying LPDs or LPD-like ships in FY25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ingalls Shipbuilding leadership has consistently expressed a need to keep LPDs on two-year intervals, which allows the company to maintain a stable workforce and engaged suppliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ingalls spokeswoman Kimberly Aguillard told Defense News that, with 12 San Antonios delivered and three under construction today, including the first Flight II ship, \u201cthis Navy-industry team is performing at maximum efficiency on two-year construction intervals. Continuing this cadence enables the most affordable approach to meet the nation\u2019s minimum 31 amphibious warship requirement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Annibale, from his perch as the resource sponsor for the amphibious ships, also told Defense News that \u201cwe\u2019re concerned because we want to keep LPD on two-year centers, and we think that\u2019s important to keep doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Navy is expected to release its FY24 budget request on March 9, with additional details coming out March 13. However, that budget request may not reveal much about the plans for the LPD program, as FY24 was meant to be an off year for buying the ships on a two-year cadence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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