{"id":32010,"date":"2021-04-26T22:05:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T22:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/04\/26\/navy-shipbuilding-plan-would-require-unprecedented-funding-levels-watchdog-agency-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:54:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:54:43","slug":"navy-shipbuilding-plan-would-require-unprecedented-funding-levels-watchdog-agency-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/budget\/2021\/04\/26\/navy-shipbuilding-plan-would-require-unprecedented-funding-levels-watchdog-agency-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy shipbuilding plan would require \u2018unprecedented\u2019 funding levels, watchdog agency says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest plan charting the Navy\u2019s future shipbuilding would require \u201cunprecedented\u201d amounts of investment at a scale not seen since World War II, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbo.gov\/system\/files\/2021-04\/57091-Shipbuilding.pdf\" target=_blank>Congressional Budget Office report<\/a> released this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CBO report assesses the latest Navy shipbuilding plan, which was released by the Pentagon in December and aims to cover the future of the fleet from 2022 to 2051.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CBO found that building a larger future fleet would involve budget appropriations that are nearly 50 percent higher than the average amount allocated to shipbuilding accounts in the past five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Total shipbuilding costs, including funds for nuclear refueling and drones, will average roughly $34 billion annually, 10 percent higher than the plan\u2019s estimates, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbo.gov\/system\/files\/2021-04\/57091-Shipbuilding.pdf\" target=_blank>according to the CBO<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yearly operation and support costs would increase from $74 billion today to $113 billion by 2051, according to the CBO, with the Navy\u2019s total budget requiring a jump to $279 billion in 2021 dollars by 2051, a $79 billion increase from current levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/12\/11\/trumps-massive-navy-buildup-bets-on-savings-that-wont-materialize-experts-say\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/roosevelt.jpg_06a607.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump\u2019s massive Navy buildup bets on savings that wont materialize, experts say<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Trump Administration&#039;s plans are built on a shifty financial foundation, experts told Defense News.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shipbuilding plan released in December would substantially increase the battle force\u2019s planned inventory to more than 400 by 2051, a growth that would require increasing the Navy\u2019s total budget by about 40 percent in 2021 dollars, according to the CBO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That plan would involve more than $1 trillion in 2021 dollars to build manned and unmanned ships, requiring annual funding that \u201cwould be unprecedented since World War II,\u201d the CBO report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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the CBO report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plan assessed by CBO comes with some major caveats, mainly that the plan was drafted under the previous president, and the current White House administration has not yet indicated how it envisions the Navy\u2019s future fleet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The shipbuilding plan released in December would give the fleet more than 400 ships by 2051, at a cost of $1 trillion, and would require annual funding &#8220;unprecedented since World War II,&#8221; the CBO 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