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Lawmakers want to mandate the maintenance and modernization plan’s annual delivery.
By Justin Katz![Marine leaders acknowledge stockpile concerns; support CH-53K block buy](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/05/5032179-scaled-e1652465002164-225x150.jpg)
A top Marine Corps officer said the service has provided about 1,000 Javelins and 1,000 Stinger missiles to Ukraine so far.
By Justin Katz![New Nunn-McCurdy cost breach in Navy’s latest LCS misstep](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2013/05/LCS-Together-225x150.jpg)
The cost breach is one in a series of public missteps the Navy has had in recent years with the Littoral Combat Ships and the associated mission packages.
By Justin Katz![New shipbuilding plan driven by ‘uncertainty,’ ‘fiscal reality’: Navy brass](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/04/6744350-e1650482771718-225x150.jpg)
The Navy’s long range shipbuilding plan has been officially released. Lawmakers are not impressed.
By Justin Katz![With Connecticut stuck In Guam, spotlight is back on Navy’s shipyard plans](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2021/10/161214-N-CC918-003-scaled-e1635443317964-225x150.jpg)
“We’ve heard these are national treasures,” Rep. John Garamendi said of the military’s maintenance depots. “And yet, the … organic industrial base infrastructure is chronically underfunded to the point these facilities are relics of the past.”
By Justin Katz![Navy Reorganizing Submarine Acquisition Offices To Prepare For Columbia](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2020/08/Groton-225x150.jpg)
A memo obtained by Breaking Defense outlines the three new program executive offices that will now make up the Navy’s submarine acquisition directorate.
By Justin Katz![Navy Acquisition Commands Preparing Overmatch Liaison Offices](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2019/04/Truman-e1632426914746-225x150.jpg)
The new integration offices will play a key role in ensuring programs across the Navy are able to meet the technical requirements imposed by Project Overmatch.
By Justin Katz![Navy Lays Out Plan To Close The Strike Fighter Gap Four Years Early](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/Roosevelt-225x150.jpg)
A senior naval aviation officer says a change to the F-35C squadrons, additional reserve aircraft from other services and a successful maintenance program will be key to resolving the longstanding shortfall.
By Justin Katz