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 ...

Both House and Senate versions of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 defense authorization bill would require the Navy to maintain a certain number of EA-18G Growler aircraft after the service sought to retire over two dozen in its budget request. According to a copy of the chairman’s mark of the ...

The House Appropriations Defense subcommittee’s proposed fiscal year (FY) 2023 defense spending bill would prevent the Navy from retiring five Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs) as the service plans requested. The Navy’s FY ‘23 budget request and 30-Year Shipbuilding Plan outline the Navy’s plans ...