Deliberations over the Navy's fiscal year 2018 budget will include what one official sees as a key decision point in the service possibly pushing more money toward offensive mining capabilities. The Navy has only just started to develop its five-year spending plan for FY-18, referred to as the program objective memorandum (POM). As the service considers what and what not include in POM-18 over the next year, officials will likely grapple with whether to build a dedicated funding stream for...
