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Navy/USMC

Navy Aviation Plan Aims To Save $300 Million Annually, No Talk Of Light Carriers

Monday, November 1st, 2021

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Navy Aviation Plan Aims To Save $300 Million Annually, No Talk Of Light Carriers

Navy Aviation Vision 2030-2035, released Oct. 29, 2021. (Image: U.S. Navy)

The Navy’s latest future aviation vision plans expects the service to save $300 million annually due to a maintenance effort and leaves out earlier consideration of adding a light carrier to the future force. The report, Navy Aviation Vision 2030-2035, said the Navy has working groups helping to improve survivability, sustainment and lethality in the naval aviation field. In this case, the Naval Sustainment System-Aviation (NSS-A) project has a cost mission that aims to identify initial and recurring costs needed…

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