MAY 12, 2026 – The Department of the Navy today released its Fiscal Year 2027 Shipbuilding Plan, outlining the Administration’s long-term strategy to expand fleet capacity, strengthen the maritime industrial base, and deliver a more capable, ready, and lethal naval force.
“The United States is at a strategic inflection point, and rebuilding American maritime dominance requires urgency, accountability, and sustained commitment,” said Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao. “This Shipbuilding Plan provides a roadmap for the Golden Fleet, to grow a larger, more capable Fleet while revitalizing the industrial base, strengthening our workforce, and ensuring our Sailors and Marines have the platforms they need to defeat any adversary for decades to come.”
The Shipbuilding Plan reflects a shift toward disciplined execution, industrial base revitalization, and delivery of a more capable, ready, and lethal naval force.
The plan prioritizes a balanced high-low mix of platforms and emerging capabilities, strengthens workforce and shipyard capacity, and reinforces accountability to deliver ships on time.
The plan also reflects lessons learned from current operations, evolving global threats, and the need to rapidly adapt force design and acquisition approaches.
Continued partnership with Congress remains essential to sustaining momentum and ensuring the Fleet of the Future meets the Nation’s security needs.
The Department noted that the plan includes adjustments to future force structure priorities and select future platforms, informed by operational assessments, industrial base analysis, affordability considerations, and Department-wide strategic planning.
The Department will continue refining future force structure and shipbuilding requirements in close consultation with Congress and stakeholders.
“The President’s budget request for fiscal year 2027 makes a $65.8 billion generational investment in U.S. Navy shipbuilding. This plan details these investments and the Administration’s 30-year investment plan to expand our nation’s Navy shipbuilding capacity and deliver the Golden Fleet,” said Mr. Jason Potter, Performing the Duties of Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN RDA). “At the same time, the Navy is holding industry more accountable for both meeting contractual requirements and making capital investments to support this expansion. We are laser-focused on growing the fleet and delivering the ships that our Sailors and Marines depend on.”
The full Fiscal Year 2027 Shipbuilding Plan is available here.