Under the existing congressional three-month continuing resolution the Marine Corps will not make its December deadline to award a V-22 Osprey tiltrotor contract -- the second time this deal has been in jeopardy -- to Bell-Boeing as part of the second multiyear contract. The Navy and Marine Corps budget for fiscal year 2016 faces a $2.8 billion shortfall under the three-month CR approved by lawmakers in October, according to a Navy "information paper" obtained by Inside Defense . "The inherent...
