HASC Seapower Leaders ‘Optimistic’ Congress Will Avoid a Full-Year CR For Military Services
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Two key lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee are optimistic Congress can avoid a continuing…
Naval Aviation: Full-Year CR Would Shut Down Half Their Squadrons; Need Supplemental Funding For Readiness
Navy and Marine Corps aviation leaders asked lawmakers to at the very least spare them from a full-year continuing resolution…
Marines Would Save $1B If F-35 Entered Service Faster; F-18 Hornets Struggling To Stay Mission-Ready
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Marine Corps could save about a billion dollars, reduce risk for pilots seeing too few flight…
Lawmaker Worries Marine Corps Investing Too Heavily In Aviation Over Ground Vehicles
The Marine Corps’ top financial officer told lawmakers that the service considers its modernization programs properly balanced between aviation and…
Panel: Navy Must Invest In Counter-C4ISR, Unmanned Boats, Railgun To Prepare For Future Fight
WASHINGTON, D.C. — If the Navy wants to pursue the key tenets of three recently completed Future Fleet Architecture studies…
Thornberry: Trump Budget Too Small; Pentagon Needs $91B More Than Defense Spending Caps Allow
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House Armed Services Committee chairman wants a defense spending increase nearly 70 percent larger than what…
CENTCOM Already Implementing Recommendations To Improve Intelligence Efforts
The Pentagon’s inspector general’s office is following up on 29 recommendations it made to ensure intelligence analysis in U.S. Central…
McCain Pledges Hearings on Navy Frigate Program, Wants to Consider More Designs
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) plans to hold hearings on the Navy’s frigate program amidst calls to open the competition to…
VCNO Moran: Navy is Less Ready Because ‘We’re Too Small’
A historically small fleet and a relentless operational tempo are proving the Navy is too small to meet more than…
VCNO Moran: Navy Will Be ‘Just Flat Out Out Of Money’ Without Supplemental Funding; Would Cancel Flight Hours, Ship Avails
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story misstated the re-work required on the recent USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) maintenance…