Navy requests additional $5.46B in unfunded priorities for FY-18

By Lee Hudson / June 1, 2017 at 5:57 PM
The Navy is requesting an additional $5.46 billion in a fiscal year 2018 unfunded priorities list, according to documents obtained by Inside Defense . The unfunded list , sent to Congress earlier this week by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson, requests $4.8 billion for programs, $494 million for military construction and $17 million for the wartime funding account. If funded, the UPL would accelerate readiness recovery for Navy aviation by requesting an additional 10 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet jets,...

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