FY 2021 Budget

Acting SECNAV Kicks off Navy ‘Night Court’ Cost Savings Drive with Aim to Save $40 Billion

Under Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly speaks to Navy, Marine, and Coast Guard officers during the National Naval Officers Association (NNOA) symposium on Aug. 7, 2019. US Navy Photo

The Navy is kicking off an effort to repurpose $40 billion in spending over the next five years as it faces pressures to grow the fleet, continue to boost readiness and build a new fleet of ballistic missile submarines amid flat budgets.

Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly wrote that, “as we prepare to go to...

https://news.usni.org/2020/02/18/acting-secnav-kicks-off-navy-night-court-cost-savings-drive-with-aim-to-save-40-billion

Navy Confirms Global Strike Hypersonic Weapon Will First Deploy on Virginia Attack Subs

Rendering of Block V Virginia-class submarine with Virginia Payload Module. General Dynamics Electric Boat Image

The Navy intends to deploy its conventional prompt strike hypersonic weapon on Virginia-class attack submarines, after previous discussions of putting the weapon on the larger Ohio-class guided-missile submarine (SSGN), according to budget request documents.

In its Fiscal Year 2021 budget overview, the Navy outlines a research and development portfolio with 5 percent more funding than...

https://news.usni.org/2020/02/18/navy-confirms-global-strike-hypersonic-weapon-will-first-deploy-on-virginia-attack-subs

Navy Budgeting $1.1B for 2nd Frigate as Timeline Slows

This post has been updated to include an additional comment by Naval Sea Systems Command.

The Navy’s second frigate will cost $1.1 billion to build, an increase over previous estimates as the shipbuilding program is being slowed down amid budget constraints and cuts to overall ship procurement plans.

Congress gave the Navy $1.3 billion in Fiscal Year 2020 to buy the lead ship, for which the Navy is still in the process of selecting a shipbuilder. Though lower than the cost of the lead ship, the...

https://news.usni.org/2020/02/14/navy-budgeting-1-1b-for-2nd-frigate-as-timeline-slows

Navy, Marine Cuts Pay Biggest Share of New $4B Pentagon Border Barrier Funding

U.S. Northern Command border support operations at Bisbee, Arizona on Nov. 6, 2018. US Army Photo

Pentagon leaders want to reroute $1.5 billion in money from two major shipbuilding programs and aircraft for the Navy and Marine Corps to support construction of $3.8 billion in new physical barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a copy of a Fiscal Year 2020 reprogramming request obtained by USNI News.

According to the reprogramming request that hit the Hill today, the Department of...

https://news.usni.org/2020/02/13/navy-marine-cuts-pay-biggest-share-of-new-4b-pentagon-border-barrier-funding

Thornberry Uneasy With Pentagon Shipbuilding Plan, Supports Fully Funding Nuclear Triad

Rep. Mac Thornberry (R=Texas), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), center, speaks with Rear Adm. Michael E. Boyle, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Korea (CNFK) in 2018. US Navy Photo

The House Armed Services Committee’s top Republican has “heartburn” over the proposed shipbuilding budget for Fiscal Year 2021 but is also committed to fully funding the modernization of the nuclear triad and is acutely aware of a congressionally imposed topline for defense spending next year.

Rep....

https://news.usni.org/2020/02/12/thornberry-uneasy-with-pentagon-shipbuilding-plan-supports-fully-funding-nuclear-triad

Coast Guard Budget Request Funds Two of Three Major Cutter Programs

The Coast Guard Cutter Nathan Bruckenthal berthed before its commissioning ceremony in Alexandria, Virginia, July 25, 2018. The Bruckenthal was the 28th Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter to be commissioned.
U.S. Coast Guard photo

The Coast Guard’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget request calls for fully funding the next phases of the service’s two most significant cutter programs but leaves a third class on hold for the time being.

As part of the $12.3 billion FY 2021 proposal, the Coast Guard is...

https://news.usni.org/2020/02/11/coast-guard-budget-request-funds-two-of-three-major-cutter-programs

Navy Budget Proposal Slashes Shipbuilding in Smallest Hull Buy Since Sequestration

John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) leaves dry-dock in 2019. US Navy Photo

THE PENTAGON – The Navy’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget lays out a shipbuilding plan that would be the smallest in six years and does not begin to move the sea service towards a 355-ship fleet that relies more on smaller ships, according to budget documents.

The request includes just $19.9 billion for eight ships, which falls about $4 billion and four ships short of the FY 2020 ship procurement. The last time lawmakers approved a...

https://news.usni.org/2020/02/10/navy-budget-proposal-slashes-shipbuilding-in-smallest-hull-buy-since-sequestration

Navy Wants Small Bump in End Strength; Marines Shrink Slightly

Marines assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU) embark the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD-3). Navy photo

The Navy is asking for a modest increase in force size for Fiscal Year 2021 while the Marine Corps is asking for a small reduction, according to the Department of the Navy’s budget request.

Next year, the Navy wants authorization to grow the size of its force by nearly 6,000 active-duty personnel, to an estimated end strength of 346,021 active-duty officers and...

https://news.usni.org/2020/02/10/navy-wants-small-bump-in-end-strength-marines-shrink-slightly

UPDATED: Navy’s New Shipbuilding Plan ‘Dead on Arrival,’ Lawmakers Say

Tripoli (LHA-7) is launched at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. on March 1, 2017. US Navy Photo

This post has been updated to include information from a Feb. 10 budget briefing with Rear Adm. Randy Crites, the deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for budget.

The proposed Navy shipbuilding plan that cuts a Virginia-class submarine, a frigate and an oiler that were previously planned for FY 2021 received immediate bipartisan pushback from the House and the...

https://news.usni.org/2020/02/10/navys-new-shipbuilding-plan-dead-on-arrival-lawmakers-say

Experts Say Navy Has ‘No Foreseeable Solution’ to Build a 355-Ship Fleet

USS Lassen (DDG-82) transits alongside the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) in the Arabian Sea on Jan. 8, 2020. US Navy Photo

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Expect the White House’s Fiscal Year 2021 defense funding request to include an unrealistic expectation for the Navy to build a 355-ship fleet, according to a panel of budget experts.

On Monday, President Donald Trump is expected to release his FY 2021 defense budget request with an anticipated topline of $740.5 billion for the Department of...

https://news.usni.org/2020/02/07/experts-say-navy-has-no-foreseeable-solution-to-build-a-355-ship-fleet

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