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Navy/USMC

Navy Requests Relatively Modest $1.5 Billion In Unfunded Priorities List

Tuesday, March 6th, 2018

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Navy Requests Relatively Modest $1.5 Billion In Unfunded Priorities List

The Navy requested a relatively modest $1.5 billion in spending in its FY ’19 unfunded priorities list, with no additional aircraft or ships requested.The annual list sent to Congress in late February with projects not funded under the formal budget request process is much smaller than the $5.3 billion FY ’18 list. That one included six additional P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft, 10 more F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets, four more F-35Cs, four more CMV-22B Ospreys, five more ship to shore…

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