budget
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Navy/USMC
Senate Appropriators Restore $1.4 Billion For Navy’s Sixth-Gen Fighter Program In FY ‘26 Spending Bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee’s draft fiscal year 2026 spending bill plans to fund the Navy’s sixth-generation fighter aircraft to $1.4 billion after the Trump administration and Defense Department slashed it […]
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Weapons
Sixth-Generation Fighter And Munitions Top The Navy’s Unfunded Priority List
The top items on the Navy’s FY 2026 unfunded priorities list (UPL) are focused on munitions buys and funding the sixth-generation fighter program. As the top priority at $841 million, […]
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Navy/USMC
Lawmakers Recommend $33.7 Billion For Shipbuilding, Naval Industrial Base Boost In Reconciliation Bill
The Republican heads of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees recommended the reconciliation bill include $33.7 billion in naval shipbuilding and industrial base funding through 2029. The committees’ joint […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy May Look To Retire Cruisers Under Budgetary Pressure
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Navy may consider retiring early or winding down Ticonderoga-class cruisers as the service faces budget pressure under a full-year continuing resolution (CR) and the continuing […]
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Wittman Says OMB Director Seems Open To SAWS-Type Shipbuilding Workforce Effort
The vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee this week said the new director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) seems open to a Navy and industry […]
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Budget
Navy And Marine Corps Officers Detail Downsides Of Full Year CR
The top officers of the Navy and Marine Corps last week detailed the limitations and downsides of the full year continuing resolution (CR) the Senate approved on March 14. After […]
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Uncategorized
Wicker Pushing Skeptical OMB On SAWS
The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday said he is trying to push the skeptical White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to accept an initiative […]
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Navy/USMC
HASC Seapower Leaders Urge Prompt DoD Australian AUKUS Funds Plan
The chairman and ranking member of the House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Tuesday, pushing for quick action on […]
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Navy/USMC
CBO Estimates 2025 Shipbuilding Plan Costs 17 Percent More Than Navy Projects
The Navy’s latest 30-year shipbuilding plan could cost 17 percent more than the service estimates, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) annual analysis. This means the CBO estimated the […]
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Navy/USMC
Latest CR Includes $5.7 Billion In More Virginia Sub Funds
The newest Continuing Resolution unveiled by the House Appropriations Committee Tuesday that extends federal funding into March includes an additional $5.68 billion to fund the Virginia-class attack submarine (SSN) program. […]