House Authorizers Adopt Amendment for Navy Battleship Study

House authorizers want a Navy study that assesses how pursuing the nuclear-powered Trump-class battleship program could affect the shipbuilding and nuclear industrial base. The House Armed Services Committee adopted an amendment from Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) that would require both the Secretary of the Navy and the admiral leading the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program to submit a report by March explaining the acquisition plans for the BBG(X) and how the service will avoid negative impacts to the Ford-class aircraft carriers. Courtney proposed the amendment, which would go in report language accompanying the House’s draft of the Fiscal Year 2027 defense