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A 500-Ship Navy Won’t Be a Mere Dream Forever The Navy’s fleet size “aim point,” which may or may not come to fruition, was still to pursue a 500-ship fleet as of late last year, yet budget considerations, threat developments and new technologies could change this plan. Here's What You Need to Remember: When large numbers of drone ships are factored into the equation, the possibility of building a 500-ship Navy seems somewhat more attainable, given that the drone ships will operate in many different shapes, sizes and form factors. Also, many of them can be similar and therefore easie...

Navy Has High Hopes for Robotic Ships ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS 2/26/2021 Boeing illustration The Navy is keen to integrate large unmanned vessels into the fleet in coming decades. But there remains a great deal of uncertainty about how much of the total force will be robotic as political, budgetary, operational and industrial considerations complicate the calculus. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday in his “CNO Navigation Plan” said these types of vessels will play a vital role in the future. “Successfully integrating unmanned platfo...

HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By   Feb 02, 2021 05:54 AM EST The light carrier studies will determine if the small carrier is worth the effort to add to the US fleet. One of the considerations is how they will fit into the overall strategy.  Having supercarriers is advantageous for any nation, but they are high maintenance, yet small carriers are lighter on the budget alternative. Why small carriers? Naval engineers are working on smaller carrier designs incorporated in a joint force as supercarrier replacements or added to a carrier strike group at less cost. These ships are less complicated and...

By   Colin Clark on January 21, 2021 at 8:30 AM Lloyd Austin after being nominated by President-elect Joe Biden in Delaware on Dec. 9 WASHINGTON: One legacy of the Trump Administration that looks likely to endure under Biden: a willingness to stand up to Beijing. Some observers expected the Biden Administration to take a more hands-off approach to the Chinese threat, with Trump even posting an attack add that called Biden “China’s puppet.” But based on testimony from retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, Biden’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, early indications are that Trump has changed th...

By   Paul McLeary on January 19, 2021 at 7:16 PM Navy carriers lined up at Norfolk, Va. WASHINGTON: The Pentagon will take a hard new look at the Trump Administration’s last-minute shipbuilding plans, presumptive Defense Secretary nominee Lloyd Austin’s said in written responses to questions before today’s nomination hearing. A new 30-year Shipbuilding Plan is due with the 2022 budget submission expected in March or April, while the Future Naval Force Study (FNFS) would require tens of billions more to be pumped into the Navy’s shipbuilding account — a plan that might end up be...