The following is the Jan. 5, 2023, Congressional Research Service report, Defense Primer: Procurement. Read More
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Biden Signs Continuing Resolution Keeping Government Running Through Dec. 16
President Joe Biden on Friday signed a stopgap funding bill into law, preventing a government shutdown on the last day of the fiscal year. Read More
Senate Defense Authorization Bill Halts Half of Navy’s Planned Ship Retirements
Dry dock flooding begins for the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG-69) departure from BAE Systems Ship Repair dry dock pier on June 10, 2021. US Navy Photo
Senate authorizers want to stop the Navy from retiring half the ships it planned to decommission next year, according to a summary of the bill. Read More
House Appropriators Want Navy to Save 5 Littoral Combat Ships From Decommissioning
The nine in-commission Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships the Navy is proposing to decommission as part of the FY 2023 budget. US Navy Photos
House defense appropriators want the Navy to keep five Littoral Combat Ships but will allow the service to decommission four, according to text of the Fiscal Year 2023 defense spending bill. Read More
Report to Congress on Defense Spending Under Continuing Resolution
The following is the Aug. 15, 2019 Congressional Research Service report, Defense Spending Under an Interim Continuing Resolution: In Brief. Read More
SECNAV, CNO Update Congress on Columbia SSBNs, New Large Surface Combatant
Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740) blue crew returns to its homeport at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga. in 2018. US Navy Photo
CAPITOL HILL – Navy leaders told House and Senate appropriators this week that the service is ready to move out on its first new large surface ship design in a decade. Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson also said the service is moving to build in more margin for its new ballistic missile submarine program. Read More
Document: A Brief Summary of Defense Authorization, Appropriations Bills Since 1961
The following is the Congressional Research Service report, Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills: FY1961-FY2019. Read More
Navy Working New Fleet Size Study Following Latest Strategic Reviews
Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Justin Dallarosa uses binoculars on the fantail to observe as USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) approaches the pier during its return to Naval Station (NAVSTA) Norfolk on March 1, 2018. US Navy Photo
CAPITOL HILL — Following the release of new national security and defense strategies, the Navy is undertaking a new Fleet Structure Assessment that could alter its stated goal of a 355-ship fleet, senior service officials told Congress this week. Read More
Proposed FY 2017 HAC-D Bill Boosts Navy Shipbuilding, Aviation Funding
USS Freedom (LCS-1) transits alongside USS Anchorage (LPD-23) off the coast of Southern California on Feb. 16, 2016. US Navy Photo
The proposed Fiscal Year 2017 spending bill from the House Appropriations defense subcommittee (HAC-D) calls for increases in the Navy’s aviation and shipbuilding spends over the service’s initial budget request. Read More
Opinion: Maintaining American Seapower
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) transits the Gulf of Aden in 2014. US Navy Photo
Facing an increasing array of threats and demands even as our budgetary situation grows more challenging, it is clear that the Navy and Marine Corps team offers the best value to advance both our global security and economic interests.
Uniquely, the Navy and Marine Corps provide presence around the world, around the clock. We are the nation’s first line of defense, ready for any challenge on the horizon. Presence means we respond faster; remain on station longer; carry everything we need with us; and do whatever missions our nation’s leaders assign us without needing anyone else’s permission. Read More
