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Navy/USMC

Navy And Marine Corps Officials Hint LPD Will Be Back In FY 2025

Wednesday, February 21st, 2024

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Navy And Marine Corps Officials Hint LPD Will Be Back In FY 2025

Artist rendering of the first Flight II San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, LPD-30. (Image: HII)

SAN DIEGO – Three Navy and Marine Corps officials recently hinted the fiscal year 2025 budget request will include more HII-built [HII] San Antonio-class amphibious ships after they were taken out of the Navy’s future plans amid a review that sought to lower costs. “As we gather here this morning, we have nearly 100 ships under contract. 100 ships under contract and over 50 in construction including Ford, Constellation, San Antonio-class LPDs which will hopefully be back in the budget…”…

Congress

SASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Sticks With Army’s Plan For Legacy Aviation Procurement Cuts

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the next defense policy sticks to the Army’s proposed plan to cut procurement of its legacy aviation fleet, and does not authorize […]

Congress

SASC Approves $1.14 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA With ‘Right to Repair’ Reform, Stock Buyback Restriction

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) has approved its $1.14 trillion version of the next defense policy bill, adopting “right to repair” reform to provide the military services’ greater ability […]

Congress

House Appropriators Unveil $1.07 Trillion FY ‘27 Defense Bill, Restore Funds For E-7, Army Aviation

House appropriators on Wednesday released their $1.07 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense spending bill, with the legislation reversing Army aviation cuts, restoring funding for the Air Force’s E-7 Wedgetail program […]

Congress

MOSA Implementation By Pentagon Lagging, GAO Official Says

While the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) has been a requirement for major defense acquisition programs since January 2019 and other Defense Department acquisitions since January 2021, few programs are […]