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The Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) President’s Budget submission (PB22) of $211.7B is an increase of $3.8B (1.8%) from the FY21 enacted budget. This budget supports and aligns with the President’s Interim National Security Strategy,
USNI News Home » Budget Industry » NAVSEA: Navy Could Accelerate Some Public, Private Shipyard Upgrades If Money Were Available NAVSEA: Navy Could Accelerate Some Public, Private Shipyard Upgrades If Money Were Available May 7, 2021 1:53 PM Terrance Wells, from San Diego, ties straps for a containment project on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) on Oct. 26, 2020. US Navy Photo Support is growing within the House Armed Services Committee to accelerate Navy efforts to improve ship repair capacity at both private and public shipyards, and for fun...
“Congress has already taken the important step of committing to a larger Navy, but our shipyards are having trouble servicing today’s 296-ship fleet and are clearly insufficient to maintain the 355-ship or larger fleet that we need to counter China, Russia and other adversaries,” said Sen. Roger Wicker, Mississippi Republican and a lead author of the bill. Without money earmarked for building up domestic shipyards, the Navy will be forced to “limp along” with its fleet continuing to degrade, said Jerry Hendrix, a retired U.S. Navy captain and analyst with the Telemus Group. “The g...
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Shipyard infrastructure needs a boost from Congress By: Sen. Roger Wicker 3 hours ago The aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush sits in a dry dock at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. (MCSN Steven Edgar/U.S. Navy) Lawmakers in Washington are debating what to include in an upcoming infrastructure bill. Missing from the conversation thus far are the serious infrastructure needs facing America’s shipyards. These facilities are shouldering more and more of our national security burden as our nation looks to compete with China and Russia. Lawmakers and Navy leaders have long recognized the need...
USNI News Acting SECNAV Harker: Navy in Favor of Accelerating Shipyard Revitalization Plan April 29, 2021 6:10 PM USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) prepares to pull into Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va. in 2017. US Navy Photo This post has been updated to correct the committee acting Navy Secretary Thomas Harker was testifying in front of. The Navy welcomes the chance to speed up its 20-year effort to revitalize the nation’s public shipyards, the service’s acting secretary said today. Testifying in front of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, acting Navy Secretary Thom...