An Analysis of the Navy's Fiscal Year 2011 Shipbuilding Plan

Abstract

At the direction of the Congress, the Department of the Navy issues annual reports that describe its plans for ship construction over the coming 30 years. The latest report-issued in February and covering fiscal years 2011 to 2040-contains some significant changes in the Navy's long-term goals for shipbuilding. The new plan appears to increase the required size of the fleet compared with earlier plans, while reducing the number of ships to be purchased-and thus the costs for ship construction- over the next three decades. Despite those reductions, the total costs of carrying out the 2011 plan would be much higher than the funding levels that the Navy has received in recent years, according to analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA538154

Entities

Organizations

  • Congressional Budget Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Arleigh Burke Class
  • Attack Submarines
  • Ballistic Missile Submarines
  • Boats
  • Fleet Ballistic Missiles
  • Landing Craft
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Vessels
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Shipbuilding

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting