Navy waits in budget-guidance limbo, poised to reduce or expand plan 'if we need to'

By Jason Sherman / January 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Navy is poised to recalibrate its near-term budget plan -- either down or up -- as it awaits fiscal guidance from the incoming Trump administration on the sea service's topline, a decision that will determine the fate of a $257.6 billion forecast for the department in 2026 and $275 billion in FY-27. Adm. James Kilby, vice chief of naval operations, said the Navy -- like the rest of the Defense Department -- is in a budget planning holding pattern...

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