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Outgoing Trump Administration Proposes DoD Cuts To Increase Navy Fleet

Outgoing Trump Administration Proposes DoD Cuts To Increase Navy Fleet
Graph of the Fiscal Year 2022 Fiscal Planning Framework Shipbuilding bbudget growth vs. planned total DoD budget over the next five years. (Image: OMB, FY 2022 Fiscal Planning Framework accompanying the Navy 30-year shipbuilding plan)

The Trump administration released a fiscal year (FY) 2022 Fiscal Planning Framework (FPF) along with the long-delayed 30-year shipbuilding plan outlining cuts to other Defense Department programs to pay for the planned larger  Navy. The DoD finally released the 30-year shipbuilding plan 10 months late this week, mapping out how the Navy could reach 355 manned ships within a decade and push past 400 manned ships by the 2050s plus several hundred unmanned vessels (Defense Daily¸ Dec. 10). The attached…

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