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| The mobile landing platform Lewis B. Puller (T-MLP-3/T-AFSB-1)
successfully completed launch and float-off at the General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO) shipyard on Nov. 6, 2014. US Navy Photo |
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| USAF MQ-9 Reaper |
| Obama administration directs $250 million toward fighting wildfires - LA Times |
San Diego, CA - Today the San Diego Military Advisory Council (SDMAC) unveiled its 7th Annual SDMAC Military Economic Impact Study (SDMAC MEIS) at a press conference and luncheon at the Admiral Kidd Club located on Naval Base Point Loma. The annual study, commissioned by SDMAC and produced by the Fermanian Business and Economic Institute at Point Loma Nazarene University, solidifies the significant and tremendous impact the defense and military communities bring to the entire San Diego region - and the continuous threats of political gridlock and imposed budget caps.
$25B in Defense Funds Expected in 2016: Report | NBC 7 San Diego
Highlights of the Department of the Navy FY 2016 Budget book.pdf
Spending bill bolsters San Diego | SanDiegoUnionTribune.com
- Local Military Impact
- School systems will get a little more cash for teaching military dependents.
- Service members are getting a 1.3 percent raise.
- Military housing spending is going up.
- Local Contractors
- General Dynamics-NASSCO received
- $635 million to build a vessel called an “Afloat Forward Staging Base,” and
- $75 million for a next-generation oilier.
- 33 MQ-9 Reapers, built by General Atomics-ASI.
- Local Government Projects
- wildfire fighting and prevention spending.
- Department of Transportation Highway Trust Fund project financing for local projects eligible for those funds such as
- the Metropolitan Transit System’s rapid bus system,
- the San Diego Trolley (for improvements to platforms and new shelters), and
- new carpool lanes on I-805.
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