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New Navy Shipbuilding Plan Presents Three Options For First Time

Wednesday, April 20th, 2022

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Table A1-2 from the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2023 Long-Range Shipbuilding Plan, depicting three alternatives for the procurement profile that start diverging in FY 2028. (Image: U.S. Navy)

The Navy Department’s latest 30-year shipbuilding plan has three alternative scenarios for the service’s acquisition and inventory of battle force ships, with two reflecting a budget with “no real growth” and the third with $75 billion in real growth. In the plan, the first two lower-range options have no additional budget growth, resulting in a total battle force inventory of 316 and 327 battle force ships by 2052, respectively. The third highest range option would have the Navy reach 326…

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