Navy steps up procurement plans with 1999 budget request

After a one-year delay, the U.S. Navy begins its modernization push with a request for $7.5 billion for aircraft procurement in fiscal 1999, a 16% increase over the $6.3 billion appropriated for FY '98. A senior defense official said two of the most important programs in the 1999 budget are the ramp...

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