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New 30-Year Shipbuilding Plan Sets Cap at 355 Ships

Thursday, March 21st, 2019

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New 30-Year Shipbuilding Plan Sets Cap at 355 Ships

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) leads a formation of Carrier Strike Group Five ships as U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircrafts and U.S. Navy F/A-18s pass overhead for a photo exercise during Valiant Shield 2018. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy’s new 30-year shipbuilding plan sketches a faster plan to 355 ships, but caps it at that level going forward due to the increasing sustainment costs. In the “Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels for Fiscal Year 2020,” the Navy procures 55 battle force ships over the Future Yeards Defense program (FYDP) to reach 314 ships by FY 2024. The Navy then reaches 355 ships by FY ’34. The largest driver to…

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