Chairman urges GD, Northrop to make commercial ships: Bartlett sees no major ships funding increase; seek nuke propulsion

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Roscoe Barlett, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee projection forces subcommittee reported in April 2006 that Congress is not increasing the total Navy shipbuilding budget sufficiently to fund the cost of a Navy plan to form a 313-vessels fleet. He also said that companies has to lower the cost of Navy ships by modernizing their shipyards and building commercial ships, spreading fixed overhead costs over more vessels.

United States, Product development, Financial management, Ship Building and Repairing, Shipbuilding & Repair, Economic aspects, Finance, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Shipbuilding industry, Company financing, Northrop Corp., Barlett, Roscoe

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Congress to decide defense money issues

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The author examines the political battle over the U.S. Navy's planned contract for construction of submarines. Topics include political aspects of defense spending, submarine construction costs, and defense contract awards.

Commodity & service prices, Evaluation, Prices and rates, Contracts, Political aspects, Design and construction, United States. Congress, Submarines, Submarine boats, Company pricing policy, Defense contracts, Government contract, Defence contracts

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