Facing budget pressure, Navy may look to retire or reduce spending on cruisers and other aging platforms

By Nick Wilson / April 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- As the Navy faces spending pressure from the full-year continuing resolution and a Pentagon-wide budget review, it may look to retire or scale back spending on aging platforms like cruisers as it prioritizes personnel, munitions and capacity for shipbuilding and unmanned systems, the sea service's top officer said today. “There may be some opportunity to look at some of our platforms, and I'll use cruisers as an example,” acting Chief of Naval Operations Adm. James Kilby...

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