The Navy and Marine Corps started off the Fiscal Year 2023 budget cycle on different pages.
The Navy purchased Enterprise as part of a block buy with future USS Doris Miller (CVN-81), which is slated for a 2032 delivery to the service.
The research and development work for the next nuclear attack boat, or SSN(X), also continues.
The Navy asked for $144 million in research and development funds for the future submarine.
The Navy increased the amount of research and development dollars on the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program.
F/A-XX would succeed the Super Hornets when they start to retire in the 2030s.
The Navy also continued its acquisition of the MQ-4C Triton, asking for three in the FY 2023 budget request.
John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) is in the final stages of construction and slated to deliver to the Navy in 2024.