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 easier to produce and they greatly fortify the Navy’s “mothership” strategy which calls for large platform manned ships to operate large numbers of interconnected drones.
Is s 500-Ship U S Navy Really Possible?
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Navy Has High Hopes for Robotic Ships ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS
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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 platforms … gives our commanders better options to fight and win in contested spaces,” he said in the guidance, which was released in January. “They will expand our intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance advantage, add depth to our missile magazines, and provide additional means to keep our distributed force provisioned.”
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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 very cost-effective as well, reported USNI.