Search

Navy’s Latest Shipbuilding Plan Has Three Options Again, Only One Reaches 355 Ships

Navy’s Latest Shipbuilding Plan Has Three Options Again, Only One Reaches 355 Ships
Table A1-5, Resultant Battle Force Inventories and Trade Space from Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels for Fiscal Year 2024, released April 18, 2023 (Chart: U.S. Navy)

The Navy’s latest 30-year shipbuilding plan, released Tuesday, provided three options again, with two of them never reaching 355 ships and not procuring ships at the service’s preferred rate. This repeats the plan from last year that many in Congress disparaged, preferring a single guide (Defense Daily, April 20, 2022). The report reiterates Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro’s talking point justifying the multiple options, arguing “evolving operational concepts and rapid technological changes make single-point predictions after approximately 10…

Subscriber-only content. Please log in below.

Not a subscriber or registered user yet?

Please contact us at clientservices@accessintel.com or call us at 888-707-5814 (Monday – Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and Friday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET.), to start a free trial, get pricing information, order a reprint, or post an article link on your website.



Congress Updates

Amid Questions On Weapons Stockpiles, Caine Says U.S. Has ‘Sufficient’ Munitions For Iran Operation

Pentagon leaders on Wednesday sought to quell concerns over the rate at which the U.S. is employing critical munitions in its military strike campaign against Iran, with lawmakers also pressing […]


SASC Leaders Criticize Trump’s Defense Strategy, Press Colby On Policy Shifts

Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) leadership on Tuesday criticized the Trump administration’s new National Defense Strategy (NDS) and pressed the Pentagon’s top policy official to explain the document’s priorities. SASC […]


Wicker Wants Legislation On DoD’s Equity Investments In Minerals Supply Chain

Legislation regarding equity investments by the Defense Department in critical mineral supply chains is needed to strengthen the larger defense industrial base and demonstrate to the “free market” that the […]


“Not Sure How They Get To Where They Wanna Be,” Calvert Says of $1.5 Trillion Defense Topline Proposal

As the federal government enters a third week of tardiness in a fiscal 2027 budget release, a big question is how the Pentagon will be able to spend $500 billion […]