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The U.S. Navy’s investment priorities for the next five years reflect the tents of the chief of naval operations, ADM Jonathan W. Greenert: “Warfighting First, Operate Forward and Be Ready.”
In the Navigation Plan 2016-2020, Greenert said that Navy will invest in four traditional functions: “deterrence, sea control, power projection and maritime security, as well as capabilities related to a new fifth function: all domain access.
Greenert’s top priority is sustaining the ballistic-missile submarine force and its Trident missile, which are important components of the nation’s nuclear deterrent force. The Navy plans to start construction of the first Ohio Replacement in 2021 and deliver it in 2028, for its first patrol in 2031.
Other shipbuilding and modernization priorities by 2020 include:
In the Navigation Plan 2016-2020, Greenert said that Navy will invest in four traditional functions: “deterrence, sea control, power projection and maritime security, as well as capabilities related to a new fifth function: all domain access.
Greenert’s top priority is sustaining the ballistic-missile submarine force and its Trident missile, which are important components of the nation’s nuclear deterrent force. The Navy plans to start construction of the first Ohio Replacement in 2021 and deliver it in 2028, for its first patrol in 2031.
Other shipbuilding and modernization priorities by 2020 include:
- Deliver the first Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier.
- Refueling and comprehensive overhaul of the carrier USS George Washington.
- Purchase of 10 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, at a rate of two per year, including the first Flight III version with the SPY-6 radar, reaching a force of 72 in the class by 2020.
- Procure 10 Virginia-class attack submarines, at a rate of two per year, with one each year beginning in 2019 equipped with the Virginia Payload Module, reaching a force level of 22 Virginias by 2020.
- Procurement of a 12th San Antonio-class amphibious platform dock ship and beginning of procurement of the LX(R), the replacement for the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship, with delivery of the first in 2022.
- Purchase of the last nine littoral combat ships (LCSs) by 2018 and beginning of the procurement of the follow-on, the fast frigate.
- Funding of the first four T-AO(X) fleet replenishment oilers, beginning in 2016.
- Procurement of Spearhead-class joint high-speed vessels (JHSVs).
- Equip four carrier air wings with the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye by 2020, including Increment I of the Navy Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air capability.
- Achieve initial operational capability (IOC) of the F-35C Lightning II strike fighter by 2018.
Procure 47 P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft by 2020 and phase out the P-3C Orion by 2020. - Complete fleet transition to the EA-18G Growler electronic combat aircraft by 2016 and reach IOC of the Next-Generation Jammer by 2021.
- Procure 24 V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft as carrier onboard delivery transports, with IOC by 2021.
- Develop and build the Large-Diameter Unmanned Undersea Vehicle.
- Add geo-location capability to the Ship’s Signal Exploitation Equipment Increment F by 2020.
- Install 14 additional Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block II upgrades in 2016.
- Press forward with the Transportable Electromagnetic Warfare Module, the REMUS 600 unmanned underwater vehicle and upgrades to the Tomahawk missile, and jamming upgrades to the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter.
- Formation of 40 cyber mission teams with 1,700 cyber warriors by 2016.
- Equip 45 ships with Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services by 2016, and implement the Next-Generation Enterprise Network ashore.
- Fund Task Force Cyber Awakening to enhance cyber security.
- Invest in energy efficiency through use of upgraded aircraft simulators and of hybrid electric drive in destroyers.
- Increase overall forward presence of ships to 115 by 2020, an increase of 20 ships.
Increase forward presence in the Asia/Pacific region, including deployments of the Mobile Landing Platform Ship, JHSV, both variants of the LCS, and the P-8A, EA-18G, F/A-18E/F, E-2D. MQ-4C and MQ-8C aircraft and the stationing of the most capable destroyers in Japan. - Increase presence in the Middle East by 40 percent to 36 ships by 2020, including seven LCSs on a rotational basis and an afloat forward support base version of the MLP.
- Continue the deployment of four ballistic-missile defense destroyers and compete the two Aegis Ashore sites in Europe, plus deploy JHSVs and other ships to increase presence in European waters.
- Deploy at least one coastal patrol ship to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility (AOR) beginning in 2016, and deploy on average one JHSV to that AOR and one to the U.S. Africa Command AOR.
- The Navy continues to implement its Optimized Fleet Response Plan, which now includes the Dwight D. Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush and Carl Vinson carrier strike groups and the Bataan amphibious ready group.
, but they aren't even operational. They're in testing status right now, any program updates? It's an important piece in the P-8A tandem.
! Burke flight III, Block III Virginia, Ford Class, more P-8 and E-2Ds- holy crap!!! That's a lot of firepower for the US fleet!
