Pentagon looks to allay AUKUS submarine fears

"With an investment of $US3.9 billion in FY25 and then $US11.1 billion across the fit-up for the submarine industrial base, and with a $US3.3 billion FY24 supplemental request, the Navy expects to achieve Virginia class submarine construction performance of two per year by FY28," Admiral Reynolds said. "Our estimate is that 2028 with these investments and with the acceleration that's still pending before Congress of that $3.3 billion, we expect to be at the 2.0 cadence that we need. "It's one in one year, and we have a plan to procure two in the out years. We're being very transparent…