The potential foreign military sale of an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate to Bahrain would have an $80 million price tag, according to a new Congressional Budget Office report.
Friday, April 19, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
Justin Katz was Inside the Navy’s associate editor until November 2020. He was previously a local news reporter in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. A New York native, he graduated from Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida, with a bachelor’s degree in communication.
The potential foreign military sale of an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate to Bahrain would have an $80 million price tag, according to a new Congressional Budget Office report.
A Navy analysis completed last year and sent to Congress in June states the total cost of extending nearly a dozen ship classes between five and 15 years could incur an estimated bill of $203 billion through fiscal year 2047, according to a Congressional Research Service report.
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The Navy's second Zumwalt-class destroyer Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) suffered engine damage that has prompted the service to replace that engine before the ship proceeds to San Diego next year, according to an admiral overseeing the ship class.
The Marine Corps published a request for quotes for an anonymous hotline designed for aviators to report unsafe conditions during missions, according to a July 9 Federal Business Opportunities notice.
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The Navy's Tomahawk missile program, which House lawmakers called "mismanaged," is now being scrutinized by Senate appropriators who want the Navy secretary to conduct a "full review" of the program in the wake of the service attempting to repurpose a large fiscal year 2018 funding increase.
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Following a year where the Navy and Marine Corps have both faced congressional scrutiny for aviation mishaps, the Navy is developing a four-part initiative to improve mishap reporting and better utilize data collected.
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Following a last-minute intervention by a top Pentagon official and strong opposition from an influential Republican lawmaker, an amendment to the House defense spending bill that would procure additional Virginia-class submarines has been defeated.
An amendment sponsored by nearly two dozen lawmakers to the House defense spending bill that would provide funding for advanced procurement of fast-attack submarines in fiscal years 2022 and 2023 has run up against unforeseen, last-minute opposition from the Defense Department.
Pentagon Comptroller David Norquist has approved a $201 million reprogramming action to support a variety of maintenance activities accounted for in the National Defense Sealift Fund.
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The Navy may expand the use of requirements evaluation teams -- initially created by the surface warfare community for the new frigate and Zumwalt-class destroyer -- to the other warfare communities, according to a top requirements officer.