The top five teams were from U.S. Army Special Operations Command, France, 20th Special Forces Group, Marine Corps Special Operations Command and Germany.
The U.S. Navy wants to decommission nine of its Freedom-variant littoral combat ships and eliminate the anti-submarine warfare mission for the ships, citing a tradeoff between the cost of the ships and equipment versus the warfighting capability they’d actually deliver.
The service's $24.5 billion fiscal 2022 budget request is weighted heavily in its research and development portfolio as it seeks to develop more resilient, capable architectures, particularly for space-based missile warning and tracking.
