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Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Navy Faces Projected Destroyer Shortfall

DDG-51 destroyerEnhanced ballistic missile defense (BMD) missions will stretch the future U.S. Navy destroyer force beyond its fleet limits as well as put even more pressure on the service’s already stressed funding accounts, according to an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) analysis and a recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) report.

CRS notes the projected necessary U.S. destroyer fleet size has grown by 6% to 94, partly to accommodate growing BMD missions.

The September report cites two leading options to mitigate the shortfall: buying and adding DDG-51 destroyers to the Navy’s shipbuilding plan or extending the lives of Flight I/II DDG-51s to about 45 years, about 10 years beyond their currently planned 35-year service lives. Either plan would have serious financial implications for the Navy.

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