usni.org: https://news.usni.org/2026/05/26/house-wants-funding-for-a-second-arleigh-burke-destroyer-in-next-fiscal-year

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Published: Wednesday, May 27, 2026

House authorizers want additional funding for the Navy to buy a second guided-missile destroyer in the next fiscal year, according to new legislation. The bill, released Tuesday, authorizes $500 million in incremental funding for the Navy to buy another Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, according to the House Armed Services Committee’s chairman’s mark of the Fiscal Year 2027 legislation. Incremental funding authorization for a second destroyer would address worries from Maine lawmakers, who during recent hearings voiced concern over the Navy’s decision to request one destroyer in the budget submission. That destroyer, DDG-150, is expected to go to HII’s Ingalls

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