Coast Guard aircraft availability, inventory in decline, budget office says
Auditors noted the recent reconciliation legislation provided $3.7 billion to the Coast Guard to procure additional aircraft.
America’s nuclear arsenal to cost $946B over next decade, government report reveals
The estimated total rose by 25 percent over the last two years, according to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
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Navy would need billions more than estimated to build future fleet: CBO
The Congressional Budget Office "estimates that total shipbuilding costs would average $40 billion (in 2024 dollars) over the next 30 years, which is about 17 percent more than the Navy estimates."
Navy’s new landing ship could cost billions more than planned: CBO
CBO says buying 18 medium landing ships could cost $3.6 billion more than the Navy expects, a 138 percent overrun.
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.
Future Tank: Beyond The M1 Abrams
Manned armored vehicles will have a place even in a world of killer drones, experts agreed. But will they engage the enemy directly with big guns, or stay hidden and send out armed robots instead?
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Navy To Slash 24 Ships in 2021 Plan, Bolster Unmanned Effort
The OMB, clearly taken by surprise by the Navy plan, told the Pentagon to “submit a resource-informed plan to achieve a 355-ship combined fleet, including manned and unmanned ships, by 2030.”
CBO: Navy Shipbuilding Plan Off — By $200 Billion
The Navy faces huge hurdles in trying to get to 355 ships - but a new shipbuilding plan due in coming weeks could change the whole calculus.
CBO: HASC ‘Space Corps’ To Cost $3.6 Billion Through 2024
The HASC 'Space Corps' will be much cheaper than the Trump Administration's plan for a Space Force, says CBO.
Despite Trump’s Signature, NDAA Fights Still Brewing
The White House only has a few objections to this year's NDAA, and lets Congress know what they are as the Senate gears up for debate.
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Trump’s 355-Ship Fleet Will Take Til 2050s
ANNAPOLIS: The President, Congress and the Navy now all want the fleet to grow from the current 278 ships to 355, but that will probably take until the 2050s, the Navy’s No. 2 civilian said Wednesday. “To quote the Rolling Stones, you can’t always get what you want,” said Thomas Dee, who has served for […]
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 […]