Latest "Navy budget" stories

The congressional fight to scrap littoral combat ships isn’t over

Congress appears poised to save five littoral combat ships from an early retirement, but the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is saying that the fight to ditch the ships is not yet over.

By Joe Gould and Megan Eckstein

7 months ago

Russia, first in the headlines, is Pentagon’s No. 2 challenge

The Biden administration’s new defense strategy makes clear China is still the Pentagon’s bigger focus.

By Joe Gould and Megan Eckstein

10 months ago

Here’s how the new continuing resolution will frustrate the Pentagon

The short-term budget deal approved by Congress freezes billions of dollars in planned Pentagon acquisitions programs, as well as some of President Joe Biden’s top priorities to deter China. It could be months before they move ahead.

By Joe Gould, Megan Eckstein and Jen Judson

16 months ago

Democratic appropriators want to spend more on weapons procurement than Biden

House appropriators proposed $1.7 billion more for weapons procurement and $1.6 billion less for development and testing of cutting-edge technologies meant to deter China.

19 months ago

This week in Congress: Service officials face the budget hot seat

Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of June 14, 2021.

By Leo Shane III

20 months ago

Lawmakers continue to seek answers from SECNAV on proposed Naval Audit Service cuts

Four U.S. Representatives said in a letter this week that the Department of the Navy has not provided enough information on why such cuts are necessary.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

21 months ago