The Marine Corps is asking Congress to fund the next amphibious ship early, in opposition to Navy plans, according to the service’s latest wish list to lawmakers. According to a copy of the Marine Corps’ fiscal year 2024 unfunded priorities list, the service lists the LPD-33 Flight II San ...
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The final fiscal year 2023 defense spending bill includes a $360 million cut to the Army’s planned buy of its new Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) headsets, while restoring $300 million for procurement of Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular (ENVG-B) devices. Appropriators also ...
The White House recently announced it “strongly opposes” several provisions related to the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) and hypersonic missile defense in the Senate’s fiscal year 2023 defense authorization bill. On Oct. 19, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published a ...
The White House recently announced it “strongly opposes” several provisions related to Navy shipbuilding and retention in the Senate’s fiscal year 2023 defense authorization bill. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published a Statement of Administration Policy on Oct. 19 that said it ...
A top House Armed Services Committee member this week argued the Defense Department’s top line budget process that divides funding among the services constrains the ability of the Navy to build a larger fleet. “I feel that…it’s all constrained by this process of a top line. This is what ...
The Senate Appropriations Committee’s fiscal year 2023 defense appropriations bill, released July 28, adds $4 billion over the Navy’s request in shipbuilding. The Navy requested about $17.9 billion in shipbuilding funds for FY ‘23, but the Senate panel recommended funding the account to $31.9 ...