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LCS Troubles May Stem From Double Engine
“The Navy may want to…in the frigate design, for example…come up with ways to simplify the propulsion architecture,” said Bryan Clark of the Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments, a former top aide to the Chief of Naval Operations.
Shipbuilding Industry Would be Hardest Hit Under a Continuing Resolution
"The problem with a CR is normally when you go into a CR you don’t have the ability to do any new programs or new starts or add funding to an existing program,” said Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a D.C.-based defense think tank. "You can continue the funding for a current program at the current level, which for a lot of programs is fine because ... the amount of money you need maybe doesn’t change that much.”…
Navy Orders Big Change for Littoral Combat Ships After Engineering Problems
Rowden’s program-wide review of engineering procedures should go a long way towards reducing some of the sailor errors that have bedeviled the ships this year, said Bryan Clark, a former senior Navy aide who's now an analyst with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
What Threatens the U.S? Follow the Money
Obama's plans call for defense spending to increase by $23 billion in 2018, then plateau through fiscal 2026, according to a report from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Analysis.
China Plans To Build A Deep-Sea ‘Space Station’ In South China Sea
Bryan Clark, at the Centre For Strategic And Budgetary Assessments, told Bloomberg: “Having this kind of long-term inhabited station has not been attempted this deep, but it is certainly possible.
Nunn-McCurdy Terms May Complicate GPS OCX Money Fix
…Alternatively, the $39 million also might be needed for a time-critical purpose, suggested Katherine Blakeley, a research fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.