The US Navy is spending millions plotting the drone-enabled fleet of 2045
By: David B. Larter  
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy is requesting $21.5 million to fund ongoing studies on what the service will look like in 2045 once its fleet of Ticonderoga-class cruisers and many of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers no longer rules the waves, according to budget documents released Feb. 10.
The bulk of the requested funding will go toward future surface combatant studies that are funded this year to the tune of $33 million.
“This effort will lay the analytic foundation for the development of the Future Surface Combatant Force,†the documents read. “Ships produced from this effort will fill critical gaps in the fleet in the 2045 timeframe created by the decommissioning of CG 47, DDG 51, and LCS 1 [and] 2 ships.â€
https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2020/02/13/the-us-navy-is-spending-millions-plotting-the-drone-enabled-fleet-of-2045/
