Senate authorizers have proposed cutting $100 million from the Navy's budget request for the development of an offensive anti-surface warfare (OASuW) weapon in fiscal year 2014, noting the urgency of the development of this system has since been called into question. In its FY-14 budget request, the OASuW program was seeking nearly $136 million, more than a four-fold increase above the $44 million request the service anticipated for FY-14 when it submitted its FY-13 budget request. This follows an enacted...
