The bad news: the current Navy budget will not make a stronger military or a larger U.S. fleet a reality. The good news: through American innovation and more agile products, we can build a bigger and more efficient Navy. However, President Biden’s proposed FY2025 budget of $257.6 bill...
In early March, the Biden administration submitted a proposal to Congress that would see the US DoD funded to the tune of $842 billion, around a quarter of which will go to the US Navy. The USN’s 2024 budget request includes £202.5 billion worth of funding, $67.3 billion of which i...
Navy. Recommendation of the U.S. House of Representatives to conduct more tests before starting the construction of the ships; Design of the Littoral Combat Ship; Features of each ships awarded to both contractors.RiversBrendanP.EBSCO_AspJournal of Electronic Defense...
The Army, Navy and Air Force are confronting a $26 billion gap between what the budget request provides them once adjusted for inflation and the levels of funding they would need to maintain buying power at 2019 levels. (American Enterprise Institute) In 2013, similar across-the-board cuts ca...
A US Senate Defense Appropriations Committee voices concern and scepticism over the Department of the Navy's submarine construction plans.
Exactly how 5G, the so-called internet of things and data collection interact with the Navy’s major networks is an “issue that we are actively working on,” Galbraith said. “You hear aboutProject Overmatch, communication as a service. That is a part of that work that the team that” ...
In the end, the Navy decided it wasn’t going to accept a hollow force to add ships into this year’s budget, said Rear Adm. Randy Crites, the deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for budget. “A lot of it is tied to: 'Is it going to build the most capable Navy wi...
Once the analysis is complete, the Army secretary will have 90 days to deliver it to congressional defense committees. The report should include the full range of capabilities considered and an assessment of the types of analysis used to determine costs and benefits. ...
EconomicOrderQuantity(EOQ)funding,whichisanotherkindofAPfunding.TheNavy’s proposedFY2025budgetrequeststheremaining$3,615.9millionneededtocompletetheboat’s estimatedprocurementcost,aswellas$2,422.0millionin“regular”APfundingand$1,298.3 millioninEOQfundingforVirginia-classboatstobeprocuredinfuturefiscalyears,and...
The Navy would like to decommission four Ticonderoga-class cruisers at the end of their 35-year service; two Los Angeles-class attack submarines at the end of their 33-year service lives; and two Kaiser-class oilers at the end of their 35-year service lives. ...