:

Budget

Navy Acquisition Chief Designates FY ’19 as the Sweet Spot For LX(R) Contract Award

Valerie Insinna

Thursday, April 7th, 2016

SHARE:

Navy Acquisition Chief Designates FY ’19 as the Sweet Spot For LX(R) Contract Award

Sailors operate a rigid-hull inflatable boat during training from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19). (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Phylicia A. Hanson/Released)

If given additional funding, the Navy could speed up its construction plan for its newest amphibious vessel and award a contract in 2019, but moving any quicker than that could harm the maturity of the ship’s design, the service’s top acquisition executive said Wednesday.The Navy currently plans to begin procurement of the LX(R) amphibious ship, which will replace Whidbey Island- and Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ships, in fiscal year 2020. That’s already a year earlier than originally planned due to…

Congress

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

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘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 […]