Navy's updated ship requirement will be released in early 2017

By Justin Doubleday / November 28, 2016 at 9:20 AM
The Navy will release the results of a new assessment outlining the number and types of ships the service requires in early 2017, around the same time as President-elect Donald Trump's new administration takes power. The Navy's much-anticipated force structure assessment as well as three fleet architecture studies are still being finalized, according to the service. "The Navy is in the process of finalizing the Future Fleet Platform Architecture Studies," service spokeswoman Lt. Kara Yingling wrote in a Nov. 21...

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