04/17/2020
Budgets are always a hot topic of discussion. Allocation of money significantly impacts what we are able to accomplish, timeline and scheduling. We are consistently making judgment calls on what we prioritize. It is intriguing to see what is on the Navy’s wish list. This is what the Navy wanted to include for FY21 but was not able to fit within the budget.
- One Block V Virginia-class submarine: $2.77 billion
- Five carrier-variant F-35 aircraft: $525.5 million
- Two E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft: $357 million
- Two CMV-22B Osprey helicopters and spares: $211.4
- A small logistics ship proof of concept: $12 million
- Three next-generation jammers: $115.4 million
- 20 Naval Strike Missiles: $41.4 million
- Two littoral combat ship surface mission modules: $42.8 million
- 100 additional AIM-9X missiles: $42.8 million
- A technology refresh for the Ford-class dual-band radar: $113 million
- An unspecified number of sonobuoys
- An additional high-energy laser with optical sensor (HELIOS): $88.3 million
- Three CANES Windows 10 modernizations: $11.9 million
- Emergency repairs to sealift ships discovered this year by U.S. Transportation Command: $57 million
- Advanced communications gear for Military Sealift Command ships: $11.9 million
- F/A-18 E/F fighter jet spares: $21.9 million
- Flying hours to make up for shortfalls caused by unavailable T-45 Goshawk trainers: $132.8 million
- Cooperative engagement capability testing: $22 million
- Depot-level repairs to support the 80 percent aircraft mission-capable rate goal: $236.8 million
- Upgrades to hospital ship Mercy’s treatment facilities: $11.6 million
- A counter-unmanned aerial system program: $63.5 million
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