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Navy/USMC

SASC NDAA Maintains Ship Request, Adds Long Lead Funds And Restricts Unmanned Vessels

Thursday, June 11th, 2020

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SASC NDAA Maintains Ship Request, Adds Long Lead Funds And Restricts Unmanned Vessels

A representation of the future USS Bougainville (LHA-8), an amphibious assault ship. (Image: Huntington Ingalls Industries)

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) FY 2021 defense authorization bill largely follows the Navy’s shipbuilding request, but adds long lead funding for other vessels and restricts acquisition for unmanned vessels. While the bill essentially supports the seven new battle force ships the Navy requested, it adds $1.4 billion above the request for a total of $21.3 billion in shipbuilding funds. The Trump administration originally requested eight battle force ships in FY ’21, but that included the Flight II San Antonio–class…

Congress

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Unmanned Systems

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Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

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Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

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