FY 23 Budget: Navy Wants to Shed 24 Ships for $3.6B in Savings Over Next Five Years
THE PENTAGON – The Navy wants to decommission 24 ships in the upcoming fiscal year to save $3.6 billion over…
Last Minute FY 22 $728.5B Defense Bill Funds 13 Navy Ships, 12 F/A-18s; Saves 3 LCS From Decommissioning
House appropriators signed out an early morning, all-in-one federal funding bill that pluses up the overall budget Pentagon budget and…
HASC Chair Smith Says Higher Defense Spending On the Way, Ukraine Invasion Made Budget ‘More Complicated’
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has increased bipartisanship support for foreign policy on Capitol Hill, reemphasized the value of alliances and…
Luria: Sending Japan-based USS Ronald Reagan to Middle East ‘Biggest Strategic’ Mistake in a Lifetime
Dispatching the Navy’s Japan-based forward-deployed aircraft carrier to the Middle East earlier this year to bolster the withdrawal from Afghanistan…
New Defense Bill Saves 2 Cruisers, Approves 13 Battle Force Ships; Adds 12 Super Hornets
Congressional authorizers are approving 13 battle force ships and saving two of the seven aging Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers the Navy…
SECDEF Austin Warns of ‘Enormous’ Effects of Potential Year-Long Continuing Resolution
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is warning Congress that an extended stopgap bill to keep the government funded would have “enormous”…
Biden Signs Continuing Resolution; Navy Mum on Effects to Service
President Joe Biden signed a stopgap funding bill on Friday that will keep the government open into next year, as…
Navy Downplays Effects of Continuing Resolution, No Waivers Sent to Capitol Hill
This post has been updated with a statement from Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro. The Navy has downplayed…
House Passes Defense Authorization Bill With $23.9B Topline Increase, 13 Battleforce Ships
The House on Thursday passed the annual defense policy bill with a $23.9 billion increase to the defense top line…
SASC Defense Bill Requires Navy to Present Fleet Plan Directly to Congress
The Senate Armed Services Committee has crafted legislation to give the Navy more ownership over its fleet architecture studies, according…