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Navy/USMC

Navy Aims For $800 Million Future Frigate Cost, Leveraging Modularity and Commonality

Tuesday, January 16th, 2018

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Navy Aims For $800 Million Future Frigate Cost, Leveraging Modularity and Commonality

Rear Adm. John Neagley, Program Executive Officer, Littoral Combat Ships (PEO LCS). (Photo: U.S. Navy)

A key admiral last week said the service is hoping to keep the new Guided-Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) cost at $800 million each and will be leveraging modularity margins in construction.“The follow-on objective cost for FFG(X) is $800 million. We think we can get below that. We think with competition, with understanding what drives cost, and during this next phase understand where capability perhaps is driving cost or where we can kind of get after it,” Rear Adm. John Neagley, PEO…

Army

Army Secretary Says “We Need To Over-Invest in FLRAA To Get It Online As Quickly As Possible”

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel (HAC-D), said on Thursday that the Army’s budget plan beginning in fiscal 2027 has more than $2 billion […]

Congress

Pentagon Fiscal 2027 Budget To Address Cannibalization Of Parts For F-35, Legislator Says

The Pentagon’s upcoming fiscal 2027 budget request will help reduce the cannibalization of parts for the F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT], the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s […]

Budget

Trump’s $1.15 Trillion Request For DoD Is The ‘New Normal,” HASC Chairman Says

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The Trump administration’s nearly $1.2 trillion baseline defense budget request for fiscal year 2027 will be adopted and will be the foundation for the “new normal” going forward, […]

Congress

Trump Wants Second Reconciliation Bill On His Desk By June 1

President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Congress to pass and send a second reconciliation bill to his desk by June 1. The deadline follows congressional Republicans’ backing a pursuit […]