Justin Doubleday

Justin Doubleday was managing editor of Inside the Pentagon until June 2021, where he focused on defense-wide topics including budgets, acquisition policy, combatant commands, missile defense and cyber. He has also worked for ITP sister publications Inside the Army and Inside the Navy. Justin previously reported for The Chronicle of Higher Education. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 2013.

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Daily News | March 1, 2016

The Navy's fiscal year 2017 budget request "preserves decision space" for the next administration to make the ultimate choice on the number of Littoral Combat Ships purchased, according to service Secretary Ray Mabus. 

Daily News | February 29, 2016

The Navy is canceling the next production round on Lockheed Martin's Remote Multimission Vehicle and instead adopting recommendations to explore alternative systems for the Littoral Combat Ship's mine countermeasures mission package.

Daily News | February 29, 2016

Officials from across the Marine Corps are convening in March to discuss how the service should be organized, trained and equipped in the future, according to a top general.

Daily News | February 26, 2016

The commandant of the Marine Corps wants the newest expeditionary mobile base to be deployed to the Mediterranean Sea to help support operations in West Africa and the European theater.

Daily News | February 25, 2016

The Navy is initiating a study of the effect downselecting to one Littoral Combat Ship contractor will have on the shipbuilding industrial base and the LCS program itself, top service officials have told Congress.

Daily News | February 24, 2016

The Navy expects to save $133.9 million in fiscal year 2017 by deactivating a carrier air wing, with the service anticipating nearly $1 billion in savings across the future years defense program.

Daily News | February 24, 2016

The president of one of the shipbuilders on the embattled Littoral Combat Ship program is hoping lawmakers will reverse cuts ordered by Defense Secretary Ashton Carter late last year and restore plans to build 52 ships.

Daily News | February 23, 2016

The Navy is contracting with Boeing to install a Harpoon missile system on a Littoral Combat Ship this year, carrying out a directive from a top official last fall to outfit forward deploying LCSs with over-the-horizon missiles.

Daily News | February 23, 2016

A top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee says increasing fiscal year 2017 Overseas Contingency Operations funding above the $59 billion requested by the Obama administration may not be a total non-starter for members of his party on the panel.

The Insider | February 19, 2016

A top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee says increasing fiscal year 2017 overseas contingency operations funding above the $59 billion requested by the Obama administration may not be a total non-starter for members of his party on the panel.

Daily News | February 17, 2016

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller says he is willing to pare down infantry brigades and other operational forces in order to fill cyber, electronic warfare and information warfare specialties within the service.

Daily News | February 16, 2016

The Navy is aiming to zero out a fund used for sealift and auxiliary ships, a move the service first tried and failed to make two years ago, but may now have a better chance of getting approved after congressional appropriators prohibited using the account to award new contracts in the latest annual spending bill.

Daily News | February 16, 2016

The most high-profile changes in the Navy's budget request this year were forecast nearly two months before the service officially revealed its plans for fiscal year 2017.

Daily News | February 11, 2016

The Marine Corps' top official says the service chose to cut its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle purchase by 77 trucks in fiscal year 2017 to protect high-priority programs like the Amphibious Combat Vehicle. 

Daily News | February 10, 2016

The Navy is requesting $55 million in fiscal year 2017 to establish a dedicated funding line for prototyping projects in an effort to more quickly deliver in-demand weaponry to the fleet outside of the normal acquisition process.

Daily News | February 9, 2016

The Navy is allocating $773 million in advanced procurement funds for the lead ship in the Ohio replacement program in fiscal year 2017, the first year the service has set aside shipbuilding money for the 12-boat strategic deterrent program, according to budget documents released by the Pentagon.

Daily News | February 8, 2016

The Navy has canceled a program to develop target vehicles representing advanced anti-ship cruise missiles used by countries like China and Russia due to soaring cost overruns and test failures, the Pentagon's top weapons tester revealed in his latest annual report.

The Insider | February 4, 2016

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller has released his first fragmentary order detailing his vision for the service over the next four years.

Daily News | February 3, 2016

In a win for contractor Raytheon, the Navy is planning to purchase 100 tactical Tomahawk cruise missiles in fiscal year 2017, turning back on plans to halt production of the missile until re-certification begins in fiscal year 2019.

Daily News | February 3, 2016

Navy officials will release a roadmap charting near-term investments in directed-energy weapons later this month, as the service and contractor Northrop Grumman begin work to develop a high-powered laser for at-sea testing in 2018.

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