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Navy/USMCTop SASC Member Opposes Potential Virginia Sub Procurement Cut
Sen Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he opposes potential moves by the Navy to lower Virginia-class submarine procurement from two to one boat […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Comptroller Readying For Pain Of “Meat Cleaver” Sequester
The Navy is getting ready for the ‘meat cleaver” of cuts from a sequester if Congress does not pass a new appropriations bill before the new year, the service’s comptroller […]
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BudgetNavy Comptroller: Sequester Would Cut Navy Budget By $15 Billion
The Department of the Navy’s comptroller this week warned if the government faces a sequester starting in 2024 the Navy would face a $15 billion budget cut and if there […]
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SECNAV Directs ‘Running Fix’ Effort To Find High-Level Savings And Efficiencies
The Navy comptroller this week said the Secretary of the Navy directed a new initiative, dubbed Running Fix, to find more ways to increase efficiencies and save money in the […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Committee Advances AUKUS Sub Transfers, ITAR Exemptions While Wicker Holds Up Senate Side For Sub Funds
The House Foreign Affairs Committee this week advanced three bills authorizing the Biden administration to sell two Virginia-class attack submarines (SSNs) to Australia and exempt AUKUS partners Australia and the […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Plans To Award New Version Of Low Band Next Gen Jammer EMD Contract In September
The Navy anticipates awarding a new version of the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) contract for the Next Generation Jammer-Low Band(NGJ-LB), according to a Defense Department reprogramming request for fiscal […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Looks To Move Around MQ-25 Funding Due To EMD Delays
The Navy requested Congress let it move hundreds of millions of dollars related to the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned carrier-based tanker aircraft funds for fiscal year 2023 due to delays in […]
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Navy/USMCSenate Authorizers Push For AUKUS Oversight While Foreign Relations Committee Looks To Authorize SSN Transfers
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s final fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill included several provisions to add oversight to the AUKUS agreement to help Australia gain nuclear-powered attack submarines. One […]
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Navy/USMCSenate Bill Would Limit Navy Funds Until Shipbuilding Plan Accounts For 31 Amphibs
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) final fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill includes a provision that would restrict Navy funds until it submits a new shipbuilding plan accounting for […]
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Navy/USMCSASC FY’ 24 Defense Bill Supports 10 Ships, Includes LPD And Sub Tender
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill favors the Navy procuring 10 new ships, including a new amphibious ship and a submarine […]