The FY2010 defense bill is in the final stages before being signed by the President. There are a few noteworthy items, including a final tally of 7 US Navy ships, and 1 US Army JHSV. The 7 US Navy ships break down as:
1 DDG-51
1 SSN
1 JHSV
2 T-AKE
2 LCS
Some of the budget numbers of interest. Note the SSN figure is high to ramp up to 2 per year in FY11 (a good thing).
CVN-78 class = $739.3
CVN(RCOH) = $211.8
T-AKE = $940.0 (2)
LHA-R = $0
DDG-1000 = $1,084.2
DDG-51 = $2,341.3 (1)
DDG Modernization = $0
E-2D Hawkeye = $646.2 (2) (R&D = $364.6)
F/A-18E/F = $2,098.5 (18?) (R&D = $127.7)
EA-18G = $1,611.8 (22) (R&D = $55.4)
JPATS = $266.5 (38)
Joint Strike Fighter = $3,997.0 (20) (R&D = $1,956.3)
P-3/EP-3 Upgrades = $613.0 (R&D = $15.6)
UH-1Y/AH-1Z = $735.4 (26) (R&D = $32.8)
KC-130J = $0
Multi-Mission Aircraft (MMA) = $1,814.2 (6) (R&D = $1,162.4)
LPD-17 = $1,117.0
Littoral Combat Ship (Seaframe) = $1,380.0 (2)
Littoral Combat Ship (Mission Module) = $360.5
Up-Armor HMMWVs = $214.8
Medium Tactical Trucks = $141.8
Night Vision Equipment = $10.3
Joint Light Tactical Vehicle = $46.0 (all R&D)
Tactical Radios = $94.4
Vehicle IED Fragmentation Armor Kits = $6.1
VH-71 = $85.2 (all R&D)
LW 155mm Towed Howitzer = $61.4 (18)
Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle = $293.5 (all R&D)
VA Class Submarine = $3,924.0 (1)
Joint High Speed Vessel = $177.9 (1)
V-22 Osprey = $2,293.8 (30) (R&D = $89.5)
See the Bill Text (PDF), Summary Tables (PDF), and Conference Report Summary (PDF). Additionally, this managers report (PDF) gives some insight to how decisions were made in conference.
The only thing we know for sure is that 7 is higher than the 5.3 average of the last 16 years, but the Navy is still well below a path towards 300 ships.
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