
The nominee to lead the Pentagon’s Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) office said Tuesday the Navy does not currently have a “credible pathway” to meeting its 355-ship plan. John Whitley, the CAPE director nominee, told lawmakers during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing the decision not to release a 30-year shipbuilding plan with the Navy’s budget request this year was due to the document’s lack of realistic fiscal considerations. “I think one of the challenges we’ve had with…