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base closing

Posted inPolitics

Congress reduces numbers of F-35s, Black Hawks

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat November 29, 2016 @ 7:09 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:58 pm

WASHINGTON — Congressional negotiators sharply cut funding for Connecticut-made Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopters and trimmed the number of F-35s the Pentagon would buy next year.

Posted inEnergy & Environment, Politics

Malloy, Cuomo face off over dumping in Long Island Sound

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat August 17, 2016 @ 7:00 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:56 pm

WASHINGTON – New York officials say a plan to dump dredged material in eastern Long Island Sound is potentially harmful to the ecology and tourism, but Connecticut supporters say it’s key to the state’s economic development and to keeping Naval Submarine Base New London off a base closure list.

Posted inNews

Outgoing Navy secretary still urging a base-closing round

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat August 9, 2016 @ 1:33 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:59 pm

WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus said submarines have become more important to the national defense and the Navy has less excess capacity than the other services, but he also said all Navy facilities would be on the table, even sub bases, if there were a new base-closing round.

Posted inPolitics

Pentagon chiefs ask Congress for another round of base closings

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat March 3, 2016 @ 4:51 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:47 pm

WASHINGTON – Citing a need to reduce waste and improve efficiency, Pentagon officials said Thursday they want to a round of military base closings like one that threatened Naval Submarine Base New London in 2005.

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