Draft Decision Directs Navy to Boost DDG-1000 Funding, Fix EFV

By Jason Sherman / November 17, 2006 at 5:00 AM
The Office of the Secretary of Defense has determined the Navy shortchanged its next-generation destroyer program in its fiscal year 2008 budget submission and is instructing the sea service to redirect $385 million from other parts of its spending plan to fully fund the DDG-1000 warship account, according to a Pentagon document. A draft program budget decision prepared by the Pentagon comptroller's office also calls for a notable funding change to the Marine Corps' Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle program, a major...

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