The Pentagon has fully funded the system development and demonstration phase of the Joint High Speed Vessel, directing the Army to reinstate hundreds of millions of dollars between fiscal years 2008 and 2011 for the new ship, according to internal budget documents. Pentagon Comptroller Tina Jonas, in a one-page program budget decision signed Dec. 22, detailed changes to the Army budget directed earlier in the month by Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England in a classified program decision memorandum. Inside the...
