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Congress Says Navy Hiding Information on Sub Pricing in New Defense Policy Bill​

December 9, 2024 6:43 PM

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is accusing the Navy of withholding information from Congress about funding strategies and cost increases for nuclear-powered submarines, according to draft report language accompanying the final defense policy bill.

The House and Senate over the weekend unveiled a deal for the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act that claims the Navy worked out a deal with defense contractors to address cost growth on submarines without notifying lawmakers and the White House.

“We are concerned with the lack of transparency that has occurred between the Navy and Congress over the last 18 months,” reads the joint explanatory statement accompanying the legislation.
“The Navy negotiated a funding strategy with industry that would have addressed cost growth, future cost to complete, workforce wage increases and infrastructure investments at both shipyards. The Navy did this in isolation and failed to not only inform Congress but also the Office of Management and Budget.”

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GAO Report on DoD Aquisition Reform​

December 13, 2024 9:28 AM

The following is the Dec. 12, 2024, Government Accountability Office report DoD Aquisition Reform, Military Departments Should Take Steps to Facilitate Speed and Innovation.

From the report​

What GAO Found

The Department of Defense (DOD) revamped its acquisition policies in 2020, with the intent to deliver innovative technologies to the user more quickly. These reforms, known collectively as the “adaptive acquisition framework,” established four pathways that weapon system acquisition programs can follow: urgent capability, middle tier, major capability, and software.

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