Mark Warner: “The level of shipbuilding is clearly of concern to me. The Navy is in transition, and we find ourselves building the…”

“The level of shipbuilding is clearly of concern to me. The Navy is in transition, and we find ourselves building the last of the older 20th century surface combatants, submarines, aircraft carriers, and amphibious assault ships and transitioning to those ships of the line for the 21st century. Understandably, there is a development period we are involved in as well as recapitalization. The committee chose to support the Navy's proposals for DDX, LCS, LHA(R), LPD and CVN-21. These are the naval vessels of the future.”