
The Pentagon plans to send a proposed fiscal year 2017 budget amendment to Congress “in a matter of days,” a Navy official said Feb. 23.“This amended budget is intended to address readiness challenges that all of the services have been facing,” said Allison Stiller, who has been performing the duties of the Navy acquisition chief since President Donald Trump took office Jan. 20. A Jan. 27 executive order signed by Trump calls for the Department of Defense to draft the…