Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., chairman of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, says the funding floor for US Navy shipbuilding must be consistent with “this year’s National Defense Authorization Act and the appropriation, which is $26.2 billion and 13 ships” that is $5.2 billion and three vessels more than the Trump administration’s 2019 budget request, that “serial production and predictability” are key to cutting ship cost, and more during a Feb.15, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in Washington. The interview was conducted during the Amphibious Warship Industrial Base Coalition’s 2018 Congressional Forum on Capitol Hill.
