Navy Sends Congress $2.7B Unfunded Priorities List

By Lee Hudson / March 31, 2015 at 10:59 AM
The Navy has sent Congress an unfunded priorities list for fiscal year 2016 totaling $2.7 billion, the majority of which would go toward the purchase of 12 F/A-18F Super Hornets and eight F-35C carrier variant aircraft, according to a copy of the list obtained by InsideDefense.com . The 12 Boeing-built Super Hornets are priced at about $1.1 billion and eight Lockheed Martin-manufactured Joint Strike Fighters at about $1 billion, the March 13 letter penned by Chief of Naval Operations Adm...

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