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Saturday, February 12, 2011

Budget impasse delays scheduled ship repairs

USS FaragutOperating without an approved budget, the Navy is shedding upcoming shipyard repairs and warning of looming cuts to new ship construction such as Virginia-class submarines and littoral combat ships.

Since Congress hasn’t passed a budget for fiscal 2011, the Navy is operating under the previous year’s funding levels, which amounts to a $5.7 billion cut.

“We are in the process now, regrettably, with having to cancel some maintenance availabilities because I can't exceed the budget limits that have been placed on us because of the continuing resolution,” Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead said in a keynote speech Thursday to the American Society of Naval Engineers.

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