SASC Markup Adds $725 Million for 2 New Carrier UAV Prototypes, More X-47B Testing
The Senate Armed Services Committee — concerned with the Navy’s direction for its planned unmanned carrier aircraft program — wants…
HASC Mark Adds $120 Million for 3 Destroyer Combat System Upgrades, Money for Missiles
The House Armed Services Committee added $120 million to pay for a total of three Aegis combat system upgrades to…
Rep. Forbes: New U.S. Maritime Strategy Revision ‘Light Years Ahead’ of 2007 Original
The recent revision to the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard’s maritime strategy is ‘light years ahead’ of the 2007…
Vice Chiefs: House Plan to Avoid Sequester With Higher OCO Funding Presents Readiness Challenges
The House of Representatives may attempt to fund military at the Defense Department’s requested overall level but shift about $20.5 billion…
Pentagon to Congress: ISIS is on the Defensive
To “pivot away from the Middle East is naïve at best,” the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC)…
Navy to Build CVN-79 in 2 Phases; Ditching Plans for Early AFSB-3 Procurement
In their first budget hearing of the year with the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), Navy officials described their Fiscal…
Navy Looking at Accelerating VPM Design to Allow Earlier Production
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Navy is looking into the feasibility of accelerating design and development work on the Virginia Payload…
New Heritage Foundation Study Ranks U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Strength as ‘Marginal’
A newly created “Index of Military Strength” rates the Navy and Marine Corps as “marginal” in being able two fight…
Navy to Compete LHA-8 and 6 Oilers to HII, NASSCO
The Navy plans to open a limited competition between General Dynamics NASSCO and Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding for…
House Raises Questions on U.S. Military Force Authorization to Fight ISIS
President Obama’s request for an Authorization for the Use of Military Force to defeat the Islamic State, and sharp questioning…