Defense bill could keep plans for progress on a new US heavy polar icebreaker alive
A week after the U.S House of Representatives passed a Homeland Security spending bill stripped of funding for a heavy polar icebreaker, a Defense bill leaves open a channel for procurement to continue.
August 3, 2018
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The National Defense Authorization Act passed by the Senate on Wednesday provides $716 billion for defense in fiscal year 2019 — and revives the prospect of continued progress on a new U.S. heavy polar icebreaker.
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