WASHINGTON - The House Armed Services Committee's sea power subpanel advanced a proposal to give the Navy authority to block-buy amphibious ships for another year designed to save taxpayer dollars. says Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) If passed, Wittman’s proposal would extend authorities from the FY-21's defense budget related to a bundled contract for the amphibious assault ship LHA-9 and amphibious transport docks 31, 32 and 33. The panel's action follows Sen. Roger Wicker’s (R-Miss.) efforts to pressure DoD into following through with a mandated rule to buy four amphibs in a “block buy.” Wicker's state is home to Ingalls Shipbuilding, which builds destroyers and amphibs. (Source: Defense News 07/28/21) Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Miss., received a contract modification in April from the Navy for $107M million to provide long-lead-time material and advance procurement activities for amphibious assault ship LHA 9. Ingalls is the sole builder of large-deck amphibious ships for the Navy. The future USS Bougainville (LHA 8) is under construction. Sea power panel backs block buy of amphibious ships (defensenews.com)
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