:

Budget

McCain Seeks LCS Cost Controls

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

SHARE:

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) wants to add more-stringent cost controls on Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program to Pentagon policy legislation later this year. The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) approved the fiscal year 2014 defense authorization bill last Thursday. It calls for nearly the same funding President Barack Obama’s administration requested--a $526.6 billion base defense budget and $80.7 billion in war funding--along with what it dubs “aggressive oversight” of programs including the LCS and replacement presidential helicopter. McCain said…

Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections

The Navy’s top leaders this week seemed to downplay and back down on the service potentially using foreign shipyards to build U.S. Navy ships or buying foreign designed warships overseas […]

Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]

Army

Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]

Army

Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]