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Navy/USMC

Extra LCS Found In FY 2018 Budget Amendments By Cutting Carrier Reactor Core Funding

Friday, June 30th, 2017

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Extra LCS Found In FY 2018 Budget Amendments By Cutting Carrier Reactor Core Funding

The Littoral Combat Ship USS Freedom (LCS-1). Photo: U.S. Navy

The White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requested nearly $500 million more in fiscal year 2018 Navy funding for an additional Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), according to a letter submitted to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan last Thursday.The OMB released a set of amendments to the administration’s FY 2018 budget request that it said “are necessary to correctly reflect the policies assumed” in the budget.The LCS amendment brings the Navy’s total shipbuilding and conversion procurement request up…

Congress

House Sends Dec. 11 CR With Ship Construction Funds To Trump’s Desk For Final Signature

The House on Tuesday passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through Dec. 11, sending the temporary funding measure that also includes funds to support ongoing shipbuilding […]

Missile Defense

Guetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’

While there has been criticism among missile defense advocates of Golden Dome’s development pace after the signing of an executive order in January last year, Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, […]

Missile Defense

Interview with Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus

Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), a co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus in Congress and a member of the House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces panel, discusses the transformative defense investments […]

Space

Space Force PAE For Infrastructure Completing Move To Colorado Springs

U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) for infrastructure–a $4 billion contracting hub for SSC–is completing a move from Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif. to […]