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CNO Encouraged With LCS Progress, Pledges Vigilance On Cost Oversight

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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford The Navy's top officer said yesterday he is "encouraged" with steps the two Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) builders have taken to control the price of their second vessels, and will monitor closely the ships' costs amid congressional concerns. The service last Friday awarded General Dynamics [GD] a fixed-price contract of an unspecified amount for its second littoral ship: the USS Coronado, LCS-4 (Defense Daily, May 4). The Navy in March awarded rival LCS shipbuilder Lockheed Martin [LMT]…

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

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‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]