budget
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Missile Defense
Final Defense Authorization Bill Orders East Coast Missile Defense Site
The House and Senate conference version of the fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill includes a House provision requiring DoD establish a third missile defense interceptor site on the East […]
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Navy/USMC
Senate’s LSM Amphib Limits Win In Final NDAA
The Senate’s version on limitations for the future Medium Landing Ship (LSM) for the Navy and Marine Corps won out in the final FY 2025 defense authorization bill, requiring the […]
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Navy/USMC
SASC Leaders Urge Navy To Help Push Funds From Large To Medium USVs
The leaders of a Senate panel are pushing the Navy to redirect funds and focus from Large Unmanned Surface Vehicles (LUSVs) to Medium USVs (MUSVs), according to a November letter. […]
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Navy/USMC
White House Requests $7.3 Billion To Keep Funding Columbia, Virginia Sub Construction Shortfall
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Monday requested another $7.3 billion from Congress to continue to build the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) and cover shortfalls […]
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Navy/USMC
HAC-D Chairman Criticizes SECNAV For Submarine Cost Growth, Cites $17 Billion SSN Shoftfall
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, heavily criticized Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro about significant cost overruns and delays in submarine and ship […]
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Budget
Del Toro Details CR Downsides For Navy In Letter To Legislators
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro recently sent congressional appropriations leaders a letter detailing the downsides for the Department of the Navy in a potential six-month Continuing Resolution (CR) […]
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Budget
SASC Defense Bill Authorizes Limited Landing Ship Ahead Of LSM
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill includes a provision authorizing the Navy to procure, lease or charter a medium-sized landing ship short of the Landing […]
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Navy/USMC
Senate Bill Would Have NAVSEA Term Mimic Naval Reactors With Eight-Year Term
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s draft of the fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill includes a provision that would extend the term of the commander of Naval Sea Systems Command […]
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Navy/USMC
SASC Defense Bill Specifies $4.2 Billion Shipbuilding Add, Clarifies Frigate And LSM Restrictions
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) released the full fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill on Monday, which detailed recommendations to boost shipbuilding funds by $4.2 billion as well as […]
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Navy/USMC
SASC Policy Bill Pushes Second Sub, Third Destroyer, Concerns Over Ship Design Maturity
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SAC) version of the draft fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) pushes the Navy to procure a second attack submarine, third destroyer and […]
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