December 21, 2015
...Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, said Mabus has tried to increase the capacity of his fleet and increase shipbuilding since he took office. “Ever since sequestration … it’s been a real challenge to maintain shipbuilding because there’s much less money available in the budget, about 10 percent. So to make up that loss of money in the budget the Navy has been taking money out of other accounts, out of procurement of new weapons, out of procurement of new sensors and electronic warfare systems, and out of procurement for aircraft and maintaining money for shipbuilding,” Clark said. Despite DoD’s emphasis on capability, Mabus has been able to appeal to the previous secretaries of Defense and convince them to allow the Navy to invest in capacity, Clark said. That trend continued until Carter put his foot down last week...
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