The U.S. Navy could find itself in a bind during the next five years as significant shipbuilding and aviation programs contend for money in what analysts and defense officials believe could be an increasingly challenging budget environment.rnNew ships and planes, as well as maintaining those now in the inventory, come with a high price tag. And Navy requests for that money will be set against the considerable costs of refurbishingrnground forces strained by Operation Iraqi Freedom, continuing operations in Afghanistan, along with looming funding shortfalls in entitlement budgets.
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