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Navy/USMC

Navy Budget Request Down $4 Billion For Eight Ships, Plans To Retire First Four LCSs

Monday, February 10th, 2020

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Navy Budget Request Down $4 Billion For Eight Ships, Plans To Retire First Four LCSs

The Virginia-class submarine future USS Delaware (SSN-791) at sea for sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean on Aug, 31, 2019. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Trump administration’s fiscal year (FY) 2021 budget request adds only eight battle force ships, two fewer than previously planned, while also planning to retire four Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs). The Navy is requesting $207.1 billion overall, $2.9 billion less than in FY 2020. Ship procurement is set at $20 billion, down from the $24 billion and four more ships the Navy requested and Congress allocated in its FY ’20 defense budget bill (Defense Daily, Dec. 17, 2019). The Navy…

Budget

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Congress

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Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

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Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

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