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Feb 09, 2016
The budget plan appears to contain no real surprises except an apparent shift away from the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) that has been a centerpiece in President Barack Obama’s space policy.
Feb 09, 2016
The U.S. Navy plans to buy 94 aircraft in fiscal 2017, compared to the 153 the service had included in its fiscal 2016 spending plan.
Feb 09, 2016
The reflects a base Navy future years defense program from 2017 to 2021 of $826.4 billion, or about $1.6 billion higher than the FYDP presented with the fiscal 2016 budget.
Feb 09, 2016
The ramp-up comes while the Army’s choice of truck maker Oshkosh for the contract continues to be challenged by losing competitor Lockheed Martin.
Feb 09, 2016
Altogether the budget plan includes about $13.2 billion for the Ohio-class replacement program across the future years’ defense program (FYDP), with the initial submarine included in fiscal 2021.
Feb 08, 2016
The U.S. Navy will increase its planned future orders of the Lockheed Martin F-35C Joint Strike Fighter in the fiscal 2017 defense budget to be released tomorrow, as directed by Defense Secretary Ash Carter in a December memo to the service.
Feb 05, 2016
Next week’s fiscal 2017 Pentagon budget proposal will include more U.S. Navy aircraft, missiles and submarine investments, including funding for a new antiship version of the SM-6 missile.
Feb 02, 2016
The new U.S. defense budget to be published Feb. 9 will include initial development of an “arsenal plane” which would operate in conjunction with Lockheed Martin F-22s and F-35s and “act as a very large magazine,” according to Defense Secretary Ash Carter.