Navy’s Modest $602M Unfunded Request Includes 6 Military Construction Projects

Behind a record-breaking $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget request, the Navy’s unfunded wish list focused on a handful of military construction projects, according to the document reviewed by USNI News. The $602 million unfunded priority list leads with $50 million for a 16,118 square foot facility at Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn., for maintenance equipment for Virginia-class submarine, $169 million for a 77,400 square foot facility for the Theater Undersea Surveillance Command at Whidbey Island, Wash., and $86 million for stormwater management facilities for the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. Other items include $121 million for a periscope repair