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The Senate Armed Services Committee aims to increase shipbuilding spending with its fiscal year 2026 defense policy bill, congressional officials told reporters today, saying the legislation authorizes approximately $8.5 billion above the levels requested by the Navy and supported by House authorizers. (UPDATED)
The Marine Corps is canceling efforts to develop a mobile fires system for Tomahawk missiles after early testing found the capability poorly suited to expeditionary environments, according to fiscal year 2026 budget documents.
House authorizers are backing the Navy and Marine Corps' new approach to Landing Ship Medium procurement with their draft fiscal year 2026 defense policy bill, which directs the Navy secretary to utilize a commercial vessel construction manager to contract eight follow-on LSMs.
The Navy is predicting delays of nine to 11 months for its first three Flight II San Antonio-class amphibious warships, according to the service’s fiscal year 2026 budget books, which point to workforce-related challenges. (UPDATED)
The Marine Corps has submitted a $2.8 billion unfunded priorities list to Congress, featuring additional dollars for munitions procurement and for more CH-53K King Stallion helicopters and other aircraft among its top items.
The Marine Corps will move ahead with plans to prototype a large cargo-carrying unmanned aircraft using the other transaction authority (OTA) process, according to recent updates to a preexisting request for information.
The Marine Corps will pause procurement of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle in fiscal year 2026, according to the service's budget request, which indicates the stoppage is intended to allow producer AM General to catch up on a delivery backlog.
Texas-based non-profit BlueForge Alliance and technology company Palantir today announced a new program, funded through the Navy's recently established Maritime Industrial Base (MIB) program office, intended to accelerate warship production and fleet readiness.
CAMP LEJEUNE, NC -- On a hot morning in late June, U.S. and Dutch landing craft sped toward a hostile shoreline and dropped their bow ramps, sending Joint Light Tactical Vehicles rumbling into the surf and Marines leaping into the shallow seawater and storming up the beach in an amphibious assault.
The Navy is considering building warships overseas in foreign shipyards, Navy Secretary John Phelan told lawmakers today during a Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing on the service's budget.
A bipartisan group of senators today announced the introduction of a new piece of legislation aimed at strengthening the AUKUS security pact between the United States, United Kingdom and Australia by streamlining defense industrial base collaboration between the three nations.
The Hanwha Group is a step closer to increasing its stake in Austal USA from 9.9% to 19.9% after the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States approved the South Korean company to expand its ownership share to up to 100%, the company announced last week.
Adm. Daryl Caudle has been nominated to serve as the next chief of naval operations, according to a congressional notice indicating the nomination was received in the Senate on Tuesday.
The Pentagon's fiscal year 2026 budget would clip procurement quantities of the CH-53K King Stallion by six aircraft compared to prior budget estimates, while the Marine Corps is conducting a review of the program's total acquisition plan due to financial constraints.
Development of an anti-ship hypersonic missile has been paused due to cost concerns, though the Navy plans to continue with a revised acquisition strategy in fiscal year 2026, according to the Government Accountability Office's annual weapon systems report.
The Defense Department is hoping the pending congressional reconciliation package will inject $2.1 billion extra to significantly ramp up procurement efforts for the B-21 Raider nuclear bomber, according to budget request documents obtained by Inside Defense.
Lawmakers want Navy Secretary John Phelan to deliver a fresh strategy to alleviate cost and schedule challenges plaguing Navy shipbuilding programs before mid-July when Congress plans to assemble its fiscal year 2026 defense authorization bill, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) said today.
Lawmakers are beginning to react to reports the Trump administration has launched a review of the trilateral AUKUS security pact, with top Democrats in the House and Senate quickly condemning any move to renege on commitments to Australia and the United Kingdom under the deal.
The Pentagon is requesting $62.9 billion for Navy and Marine Corps procurement in fiscal year 2026, betting big that Congress can pass a partisan reconciliation package containing an additional $32.3 billion in procurement dollars that will be needed to avoid significant cuts to priority shipbuilding programs.
The Pentagon's fiscal year 2026 shipbuilding budget request omits procurement dollars for Virginia-class submarines and other undersea and surface platforms, leaving the near-term fate of critical Navy programs up to the pending budget reconciliation package and running afoul of congressional intent, the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman said today.