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Navy/USMC

Navy Lays Out New LUSV Strategy Timeline, First Vessel Pushed To 2026

Friday, February 14th, 2020

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Navy Lays Out New LUSV Strategy Timeline, First Vessel Pushed To 2026

The formerly DARPA Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program full-scale Sea Hunter demonstration vehicle, used for modeling as a Medium Displacement Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MDUSV). (Photo: DARPA)

The Navy’s FY 2021 budget request explains a new acquisition plan for the Large Unmanned Surface Vehicle (LUSV), pushing back the first vessel to FY ‘26. Congress pushed back on the Navy’s plans in the FY ’20 budget request, which planned for a new 10-ship LUSV fleet starting with $400 million for two Ghost Fleet/Overlord-style vessels that year, followed by two new LUSVs per year through FY ’24. The total program cost through vessel 10 would be $2.7 billion. Congress…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill that includes $60 billion for defense, a figure slightly below the Trump administration’s request to cover Iran war […]

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]