
The Trump Administration has identified the achievement of a Navyof 355 or more ships within 10 years as a high priority. The Navy states that it is working as wellas it can, within a Navy budget top line that is essentially flat in real (i.e., inflation-adjustedterms), toward...

The current and planned size and composition of the Navy, the annual rate of Navy ship procurement, the prospective affordability of the Navy's shipbuilding plans, and the capacity of the U.S. shipbuilding industry to execute the Navy's shipbuilding plans have been oversight...


The Navy's proposed FY2014 budget requests funding for the procurement of 8 new battle force ships (i.e., ships that count against the Navy's goal for achieving and maintaining a fleet of 306 ships). The 8 ships include two Virginia-class attack submarines, one DDG-51 class Aegis...