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Hill Closer to an FY 22 Budget Deal as Navy Warns Against More CRs; White House Sets Pentagon FY 23 Topline at More than $770B

February 16, 2022 6:31 PM - Updated: February 17, 2022 12:20 PM

This post has been updated to correct the status of the latest Continuing Resolution proposal. The third CR for FY22…

SASC’s FY 22 Defense Bill Boosts DoD Topline by $25B; Adds 2nd Destroyer, More Navy F-35Cs

July 22, 2021 7:41 PM - Updated: July 22, 2021 10:41 PM

THE PENTAGON – The Senate Armed Services Committee Fiscal Year 2022 authorization bill adds an additional destroyer, a Spearhead-class Expeditionary…

House Bill Cuts Money for Navy Nuke Cruise Missile, Saves 3 LCS from Decommissioning

June 29, 2021 3:22 PM

House appropriators are cutting development money for the Navy’s ship-launched nuclear cruise missile, preventing the service from decommissioning three Freedom-class…

CNO Gilday: Flat or Declining Navy Budgets ‘Will Definitely Shrink’ the Fleet

June 15, 2021 7:37 PM - Updated: June 15, 2021 10:17 PM

The number of ships in the fleet, now at 296 ships, will decrease if the Navy continues to have flat…

Analyst Says Pentagon ‘Walked Away From the 500-ship Navy’

June 1, 2021 8:14 PM

The Navy’s modest shipbuilding request as part of the Fiscal Year 2022 budget shows the Pentagon has “walked away from…

UPDATED: Fleet Growth Stymied by Navy Budget Request

May 28, 2021 2:42 PM - Updated: May 30, 2021 4:50 PM

This post has been updated with additional details from the Department of the Navy’s FY 2022 budget presentation. The long-delayed…

Biden Administration Seeks $715B Pentagon Budget; Calls for Investment in SSN(X), Shedding Legacy Platforms

April 9, 2021 2:28 PM - Updated: April 9, 2021 4:40 PM

This post has been updated to include a statement from Republican senators about the Biden administration’s request and comments from…

Ship and Aircraft Procurement See Bumps in FY2019 in $194.1B DoN Budget

February 12, 2018 12:39 PM - Updated: February 12, 2018 10:19 PM

THE PENTAGON — Shipbuilding and aviation procurement received modest bumps in the $194.1-billion Defense Department budget request for the Navy…

Document: Report to Congress on Overseas Contingency Operations Funding

July 25, 2017 9:21 AM

The following is the July 19, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, Foreign Affairs Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) Funding: Background and Current…

Navy’s 2018 Budget Addresses Readiness Through Maintenance, Spares, Infrastructure Improvements

May 23, 2017 12:07 PM - Updated: May 24, 2017 6:52 AM

This post has been updated to include information from the Pentagon and Navy’s press briefings on the Fiscal Year 2018 budget.…

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