The Times Record:

Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King said Bath Iron Works and its main competitor are helping the Navy design the warship expected to succeed Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, the main type of ship BIW builds.

“The Navy is formalizing the requirements — what that ship will have to do for the Navy,” King said Wednesday during a visit to BIW with Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro. “Both Bath and Ingalls are working with the Navy to try to accelerate that process.”

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