Navy’s future fleet’s price tag grows 5-10%, despite ship mix not changing: CBO
The increased cost compared to the previous year's shipbuilding plan was driven by the rising price in submarines.
Slash Ship Design Time In Half, CNO Says
WASHINGTON: That the Navy should get more money to build up its surface and submarine fleets may be the message Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson sends in an upcoming article which he promises would be a “strong Navy voice” on budget issues. Richardson told an audience at the Brookings Institution Thursday that he would be […]
355-Ship Navy Takes At Least 18 Years: CBO
President Trump and the US Navy want a 355-ship fleet, but even if you double shipbuilding budgets compared to historic levels, it can’t be done until 2032, at least 12 years after the end of Trump’s current term of office. That’s the estimate offered today by the Congressional Budget Office. At a more sustainable but […]
If Boomers Get Special Account, So Should B-21, ICBMs: SecAF James
WASHINGTON: Oops. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James sounded a tad peeved and seemed to pretty much put the kibosh on plans to buy two replacements for the A-10 Close Air Support (CAS) plane. Why? “You just put your finger on it. Where do we get the money,” she told me at a DefenseOne event this […]