Navy reobligating $60M for aircraft maintenance

The Navy intends to reobligate $60 million of expired fiscal year 2015 operations and maintenance funds for aircraft maintenance, according to documents viewed by Inside Defense.

"The purpose of these adjustments is to provide funds for modification of fixed-price depot-level repair project order contracts placed with the Navy Fleet Readiness Centers at Cherry Point, Jacksonville and San Diego," Pentagon comptroller David Norquist wrote in a Feb. 2 letter to the Senate Armed Services committee.

Aircraft requiring induction include F/A-18A-D Hornets, AV-8B Harriers, T-44 Pegasus, P-3C Orions, C-2A Greyhounds, MV-22 Ospreys and MH 53 and UH-1Y helicopters.