Top Lawmaker Calls Out Subcontractor in Next-Gen Submarine’s Delays
- Deployment of Navy’s latest nuclear missile submarine held up
- Turbine generators were supposed to be delivered in 2021
Ken Calvert
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A top Republican lawmaker called out Northrop Grumman Corp. for its role over delays in the first delivery of the Pentagon’s next-generation nuclear-missile submarine, saying the extended overall timeline was “beyond frustrating.”
“The biggest problem was a particular subcontractor that overpromised and under-delivered on an extremely important part of the submarine,” said Representative Ken Calvert of California, who chairs the House defense appropriations subcommittee. “Does anything shock me? Not any more.”