OCO spending and the Ford-class aircraft carrier are among the highlights of this week's Inside the Navy.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Lee Hudson was Inside the Navy's managing editor until June 2018. She has covered Navy and Marine Corps issues since 2011, reporting at the Pentagon, Capitol Hill, aboard ships and military facilities around the U.S. Previously she worked as a staff reporter at The Daily Review in Morgan City, LA, covering local government and crime. Lee graduated with a B.A. in Mass Communication and Marketing from Loyola University New Orleans.
OCO spending and the Ford-class aircraft carrier are among the highlights of this week's Inside the Navy.
The Navy's fiscal year 2017 budget request is a “great indication” the Ohio-class replacement ballistic missile submarine program is on track and discussion will continue this year on how to fund the program, according to Huntington Ingalls Industries Chief Executive Officer Mike Petters.
The Navy recently wrapped up the operational assessment for the MQ-4C Triton, the final hurdle before the Pentagon can decide if the system should transition into low-rate initial production.
Some must-reads from this week's edition of Inside the Navy.
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.
The Navy is purchasing V-22 Ospreys to fulfill its carrier on-board delivery mission, but the service does not want to rule out using the aircraft for other missions including those to support U.S. Special Operations Command, according to Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson.
The Navy recently released a draft request for proposals to compete the P-8 Poseidon aircraft's depot maintenance for the airframe and engine separately, according to a Federal Business Opportunities notice.
The F-35 joint program office will kick off its Block 4 modernization program six to 12 months late because the program's requirements are not validated, according to an official.
A senior House lawmaker wants the Navy to accelerate its dock landing ship replacement program and purchase the ship in a multiyear procurement strategy, neither of which were reflected in the service's fiscal year 2017 budget request.
The Marine Corps will be "stretched thin" on spare parts during its first-ever Joint Strike Fighter operational deployment to Japan because of funding cuts the Navy and Congress made two years ago, according to a program official.
The Navy revealed new details about its most highly anticipated new-start program -- an unmanned airborne tanker operating from an aircraft carrier -- during the Feb. 9 budget rollout.
The Navy faces a 3.5 percent cut in its fiscal year 2017 budget request topline compared to the previous year, according to a service official.
The Marine Corps is cutting 77 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles in its fiscal year 2017 budget request in an effort to balance affordability across the service's portfolio, according to a service official.
The Navy has unveiled a new cruiser modernization strategy the service says will save $3 billion.
The Navy faces a 3.5 percent cut in its fiscal year 2017 budget request topline compared to the previous year, according to a service official.
The Navy is defending the first phase of its multistatic acoustic sensor for the multibillion-dollar P-8A maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft after the Pentagon's top weapons tester criticized the system in a recent report.
A House lawmaker continues to have concerns about the on-board oxygen generating system of the F/A-18 and E/A-18G jets because pilots have experienced numerous problems and the fixes are not working.
Some must-reads from this week's edition of Inside the Navy.
The greatest concern for the Marine Corps' aviation chief is the lack of spare parts to sustain the Joint Strike Fighter.
Since 2009, the Navy has noticed an increase in hazard reports due to physiological episodes in the Super Hornet and Growler aircraft and established a Physiological Episode Team to determine the root cause, the Navy revealed this week.