Navy/USMC
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BudgetCNO Eager to Restart Carrier-Based Drone Program
Days after the Navy announced its new strategy for putting an unmanned aerial system (UAS) on the deck of an aircraft carrier, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson voiced […]
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Air ForceCuts To Procurement In FY ’17 Could Be Largely Healed By Congress That Favors Aviation, Shipbuilding
Congress is likely to alleviate the drubbing that platform procurement, particularly aircraft programs, took in the Defense Department’s fiscal 2017 budget request, according to a review of the spending plan […]
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Air ForcePentagon Budget Officials Wanted $17 Billion More For FY ’17 Budget
The Pentagon on Tuesday unveiled the $582.7 billion budget request for fiscal year 2017, a sum that conforms to the Bipartisan Budget Agreement and includes $523.9 billion in base spending […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Makes Aviation Investments, Shrinks To 182,000 In Fiscal 2017 Budget
As requested, the Marine Corps fiscal year 2017 budget will complete the service’s eight-year reduction in end strength to 182,000, which the service plans to maintain for at least the […]
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BudgetNavy’s $33.3 Billion Procurement Budget For FY ’17 Contains Less Funding For Aircraft, Shipbuilding Than FY16
The Navy on Tuesday released its $164.9 billion budget request for fiscal year 2017, which includes $33.3 billion for ship, aircraft and weapon procurement. The service emphasized increasing its investments […]
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BudgetMcCain, Reed Slam LCS Mission Modules
The two top senators on the armed services committee called for the Navy to reevaluate its Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) deployment strategy, citing concerns about the ship’s mission modules for […]
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BudgetFunding for Anti-Ship SM-6, Additional F-35Cs and F-18s Included in Budget, Carter Says
During his trip to California this week, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter detailed a number of shipbuilding, aviation and munitions investments from the fiscal 2017 budget request, including a plan to […]
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CongressNavy Details Potential Fixes for Super Hornet Pilot Health Issues
Lawmakers on Thursday pressed a panel of Navy aviation leaders about a rise in health problems in Super Hornet pilots that could be caused by insufficient oxygen, depressurization or other […]
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BudgetNeller Confirms Navy to Request LHA-8 in FY ’17 Budget
The president’s 2017 budget request will include funding for LHA-8, the third America-class amphibious assault ship, Marine Commandant Gen. Robert Neller confirmed on Thursday. That ship will help the Navy […]
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CongressCRS Analyst Estimates $1 Billion In Savings If Coast Guard Shifts Shipbuilding To Multiyear Contracts
The Coast Guard could save up to $1.2 billion in its acquisition budget if its shifts several new and ongoing shipbuilding projects to some form of multiyear contracting, a naval […]