Navy Shipbuilding Plan Could Soon Be Tossed Overboard.

The Navy's new 30-year shipbuilding plan is intended to send a strong demand signal and provide predictability for the industrial base. However, trends that are informing a new force structure assessment could soon upend the blueprint. In March, the service submitted its fiscal year 2020 long-term shipbuilding strategy to Congress. The version released last year was criticized by lawmakers and analysts for being too conservative with the timeline for increasing the number of battle force ships.