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Strategic Guidance and Themes ...................................................................................... 1-2 Security and Operational Environment ......................................................................... 1-10 FY 2026 President’s Budget Overview ........................................................................... 1-11 Resource Summary ........................................................................................................... 1-21 CHAPTER 2: STRENGTHEN SHIPBUILDING AND THE MARITIME INDUSTRIAL BASE Section II: Procurement Overview .............................................................................................................................. 2-1 Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy ............................................................................... 2-2 Aircraft Procurement, Navy .............................................................................................. 2-5 Weapons Procurement, Navy ........................................................................................... 2-7 Procurement, Marine Corps ............................................................................................ 2-11 Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps ............................................. 2-13 Other Procurement, Navy ............................................................................................... 2-15 Section III: Allies and Partners Overview .............................................................................................................................. 3-1 Internal U.S. Partners.......................................................................................................... 3-2 International Cooperation ................................................................................................. 3-2 Section IV: Military Construction Overview .............................................................................................................................. 4-1 Military Construction ......................................................................................................... 4-1 All DON budget materials are available at https://www.secnav.navy.mil/fmc/Pages/Fiscal-Year-2026.aspx Table of Contents 2025 ii FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget Base Realignment and Closure ......................................................................................... 4-3 Section V: Overseas Operations Costs Overview .............................................................................................................................. 5-1 CHAPTER 3: FOSTER AN ADAPTIVE, ACCOUNTABLE AND INNOVATIVE WARFIGHTER CULTURE Section VI: Development Overview .............................................................................................................................. 6-1 Science and Technology ..................................................................................................... 6-2 Ship Research and Development ...................................................................................... 6-2 Aviation Research and Development .............................................................................. 6-4 Weapons Research and Development ............................................................................. 6-6 Ground Equipment Research and Development ........................................................... 6-7 Section VII: Reform and Efficiency Wasteful Spending .............................................................................................................. 7-1 Efficiency Overview ........................................................................................................... 7-2 Efficiency Categories .......................................................................................................... 7-2 Section VIII: Information Technology, Cyber, and Business Systems Overview .............................................................................................................................. 8-1 Information Technology .................................................................................................... 8-1 Enterprise Networks and Services ................................................................................... 8-2 Data Analytics ..................................................................................................................... 8-3 Cyber ..................................................................................................................................... 8-4 Cyberspace Operations ...................................................................................................... 8-6 Business Systems ................................................................................................................. 8-7 Section IX: Revolving Fund Summary of NWCF Costs.................................................................................................. 9-1 Section X: Audit Audit Business Transformation ...................................................................................... 10-1 2025 Table of Contents FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget iii CHAPTER 4: THE HEALTH, WELFARE AND TRAINING OF OUR PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES Section XI: Readiness Overview ........................................................................................................................... 11-1 Navy Overview ................................................................................................................ 11-1 Ship Operations ................................................................................................................ 11-2 Air Operations ................................................................................................................... 11-6 Navy Reserve Operations .............................................................................................. 11-10 Marine Corps Overview ................................................................................................ 11-13 Marine Corps Operations .............................................................................................. 11-14 Marine Corps Reserve Operations ............................................................................... 11-15 Facility Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization ............................................. 11-16 Environmental Restoration, Navy ................................................................................ 11-18 Section XII: Military Family Housing Overview ............................................................................................................................ 13-1 Family Housing ................................................................................................................. 13-1 Section XIII: Personnel Overview ............................................................................................................................ 13-1 Military Personnel............................................................................................................. 13-2 Civilian Personnel ............................................................................................................. 13-7 Section XIV: Personnel Support Overview ............................................................................................................................ 14-1 Education .......................................................................................................................... 14-1 Mental Health .................................................................................................................... 14-2 Child and Youth Programs .............................................................................................. 14-3 Morale, Welfare, and Recreation .................................................................................... 14-4 Table of Contents 2025 iv FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget OTHER Appendix A: Appropriation Tables Military Personnel, Navy (MPN)..................................................................................... A-1 Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Fund Contribution, Navy (DHAN) ...................... A-1 Reserve Personnel, Navy (RPN) ...................................................................................... A-1 Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Fund Contribution, Navy Reserve (DHANR) .... A-1 Military Personnel, Marine Corps (MPMC) ................................................................... A-2 Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Fund Contribution, Marine Corps (DHAMC) .... A-2 Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps (RPMC) .................................................................... A-2 Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Fund Contribution, Marine Corps Reserve (DHAMCR) ......................................................................................................................... A-2 Operation and Maintenance, Navy (O&M,N) ............................................................... A-3 Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps (O&MMC) .............................................. A-4 Environmental Restoration, Navy (ERN) ....................................................................... A-4 Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve (O&MNR) .............................................. A-5 Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve (O&MMCR) ............................ A-5 Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy (SCN) .................................................................. A-6 Aircraft Procurement, Navy (APN) ................................................................................ A-7 Weapons Procurement, Navy (WPN) ............................................................................. A-8 Procurement, Marine Corps (PMC) ................................................................................ A-9 Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps (PANMC) ......................... A-10 Other Procurement, Navy (OPN) .................................................................................. A-10 Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDT&E,N)........................... A-11 Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps (FHCON) ........................ A-11 Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps (FHOPS) A-11 Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps (MCN, MCNR) ............................. A-12 Base Realignment and Closure Accounts (BRAC) ...................................................... A-12 Navy Working Capital Fund (NWCF) .......................................................................... A-12 Appendix B: List of Acronyms List of Acronyms ................................................................................................................. B-1 List of Supporting Figures 1.1 FY 2026 Total Budget Request by Appropriation Group ................................... 1-12 1.2 FY 2026 DON Total Budget Request by Appropriation $292.2B ....................... 1-21 2.1 Procurement, FY 2024 – FY 2026 .............................................................................. 2-1 2025 Table of Contents FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget v 2.2 Shipbuilding Procurement Quantities and Total Funding................................... 2-2 2.3 Aircraft Procurement Quantities and Total Funding ............................................ 2-5 2.4 Weapons Procurement Quantities and Total Funding ......................................... 2-7 4.1 Military Construction Funding Summary .............................................................. 4-1 4.2 Net Platform & Technologies Funding Summary ................................................. 4-3 4.3 BRAC Funding Summary ......................................................................................... 4-4 5.1 Fiscal Year 2026 Overseas Operations Costs .......................................................... 5-2 5.2 DON Overseas Operations Costs Funding ............................................................. 5-2 6.1 RDT&E,N Funding ..................................................................................................... 6-1 8.1 DON Information Technology Investments ........................................................... 8-4 8.2 DON Cyberspace Activities ...................................................................................... 8-7 9.1 Summary of NWCF Costs ......................................................................................... 9-2 11.1 FY 2026 Operation and Maintenance, Navy (O&M,N) Funding ...................... 11-2 11.2 DON Battle Force Ship Inventory Quantities ...................................................... 11-3 11.3 Strategic Sealift Ship Quantities ............................................................................. 11-5 11.4 Hospital Ships Quantities........................................................................................ 11-5 11.5 Department of the Navy Ship Maintenance Funding ......................................... 11-6 11.6 DON Aircraft Force Structure Quantities ............................................................. 11-7 11.7 DON Flying Hour Program Funding .................................................................... 11-7 11.8 DON Aircraft Inventory Quantities ....................................................................... 11-8 11.9 Aircraft Depot Maintenance and Aviation Logistics Funding ........................ 11-10 11.10 Reserve Component Aircraft Force Structure Quantities ............................... 11-12 11.11 Reserve Component Aircraft Depot Maintenance Funding ........................... 11-12 11.12 FY 2026 Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps (O&MMC) Funding .. 11-13 11.13 Marine Corps Ground Equipment Depot Maintenance.................................. 11-15 11.14 Marine Corps Reserve Ground Equipment Depot Maintenance................... 11-16 12.1 Family Housing Funding Summary ...................................................................... 12-2 12.2 Navy & Marine Corps Family Housing Units ..................................................... 12-2 13.1 Active Navy End Strength by Type ....................................................................... 13-2 13.2 Active Navy End Strength Trend........................................................................... 13-3 13.3 Reserve Navy End Strength by Type .................................................................... 13-4 13.4 Reserve Navy End Strength Trend ........................................................................ 13-4 13.5 Active Marine Corps End Strength by Type ........................................................ 13-5 13.6 Active Marine Corps End Strength Trend ............................................................ 13-6 13.7 Reserve Marine Corps End Strength by Type ...................................................... 13-7 13.8 Reserve Marine Corps End Strength Trend ......................................................... 13-7 13.9 Civilian Manpower by Defense Mission Category ............................................. 13-9 13.10 DON Civilian Manpower in Full-Time Equivalent Personnel ....................... 13-10 14.1 Higher Education Funding ..................................................................................... 14-2 Table of Contents 2025 vi FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget 14.2 Other Education Funding ....................................................................................... 14-2 14.3 Mental Health Funding ........................................................................................... 14-3 Note: Most of the photographs in this document are from the Department of the Navy’s official website, https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Photo-Gallery/, and the Marine Corps’ official website, https://www.marines.mil/Photos/, and are available for public use. Some pictures are from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, https://www.dvidshub.net. The estimated cost of this report for the Department of the Navy (DON) is $425,000. This document can be accessed on a mobile device by scanning the QR code: 2025 Introduction FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget 1-1 INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW The United States of America plays a vital role as a maritime nation that relies heavily on the free flow of commerce and navigation across global sea lanes to support economic prosperity. America's Naval Forces are tasked with maintaining open and secure oceans, promoting peace and stability through their strength and presence. To effectively support and protect the highest levels of maritime activity, the Navy and Marine Corps must maintain their status as the world’s leading force across all domains—on the surface, beneath the waves, in the air, and beyond. The Department of the Navy (DON) must maintain a persistent, dominant presence worldwide, which is essential for national security and global stability. With 90% of global commerce traveling by sea, the Department safeguards the world’s economy from hostile nations and organizations that threaten international waters. From sea to stars, in cyberspace and in the information environment, the Navy and Marine Corps promotes prosperity and security, deters aggression, and protects the American way of life. The Navy and Marine Corps deliver power for peace, but always ready to fight and win alongside our Allies and partners. Operating abroad, the Navy and Marine Corps keep threats away from America’s shores. The Navy and Marine Corps consistently deploy combat-ready Sailors, Marines, ships, submarines, and aircraft, alongside Allies and partners in faraway waters. Today and everyday, there are nearly 100 ships and submarines deployed and underway around the globe along with ~41,000 Sailors and 33,000 Marines, ensuring U.S. leaders have leverage and diplomatic options which will always be more favorable than war. Our Navy and Marine Corps team remains actively reengaged around the globe, standing watch, deterring aggression, and protecting our nation’s interest. Our ships, aircraft, and personnel are a constant reminder that America will defend its borders, Introduction 2025 1-2 FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget its people, and its principles. We are and will continue to be where it matters, when it matters. U.S. Naval Forces are America's most timely, flexible, and forward-deployed force across the full spectrum of challenges. In times of international crises, we can quickly maneuver thousands of miles with the world’s most capable warships and dwell in areas of interest without relying on land bases in foreign countries. When we consistently deploy our combat ready forces alongside allies and partners, our adversaries understand that a fight with American naval forces would be unwinnable and costly. Our mere presence projects strength, ensuring that peaceful diplomatic options are more favorable than war. Maintaining a world-class and worldwide deployable Navy and Marine Corps as a first line of defense for the United States is not something that can be created overnight when conflict arises. Investing in the Navy and Marine Corps today is a down payment on America’s security tomorrow. STRATEGIC GUIDANCE AND THEMES The FY 2026 President’s Budget (PB26) request has been carefully planned in alignment with leadership’s priorities including the President’s Executive Order, Secretary of Defense’s Message to the Force, Interim National Defense Strategic 2025 Introduction FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget 1-3 Guidance, Secretary of the Navy’s Strategic Priorities, Acting Chief of Naval Operations’ Navigation Plan, and Commandant of the Marine Corps’ Planning Guidance. This budget serves as the financial blueprint that supports the maritime capabilities, operations, and readiness of our naval forces and aims to enable our Naval and Marine forces to effectively respond to contingencies, enhance interoperability with allied navies, and adapt to the emerging threats and opportunities in the maritime domain. Presidential Action: Restoring America’s Maritime Dominance On April 9, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order to Restoring America’s Maritime Dominance. The directive mandated the formulation of a comprehensive Maritime Action Plan designed to reinvigorate U.S. maritime industries while advancing national security and promoting economic growth. Key tenants for the Department of the Navy include: • Development of a Maritime Action Plan (MAP) to revitalize American shipbuilding, a critical component for strengthening the Navy’s fleet and national security. Led by the National Security Advisor in collaboration with key departments—including Defense and Transportation—the MAP will coordinate legislative, regulatory, and budgetary actions to support the maritime industry. • Directs agencies to assess government procurement processes and regulation that hinders private industry’s ability to build vessels on time and on budget • Establishes a Maritime Security Trust Fund to provide consistent funding for maritime programs in addition to a shipbuilding financial incentives program to boost private investment in U.S. shipbuilding. • Expands Mariner training and education through an investment in the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and a plan for expanding training opportunities. • Directs U.S. government to engage and align with our allies and trade partners to align trade policies to disrupt China’s non-market practices in the international supply chain and logistics sector. Introduction 2025 1-4 FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget 2025 Interim National Defense Strategic Guidance In May 2025, Secretary of Defense Hegseth directed staff to begin the development of the 2025 Interim National Defense Strategic Guidance (INDSG). The INDSG serves as the strategic roadmap for the Department of Defense. As such, it will provide clear direction for the Department to implement President Trump's America First and Peace Through Strength agenda. Consistent with the President's intent, the INDSG prioritizes defense of the U.S. homeland, including America's skies and borders, and deterring China in the Indo-Pacific. At the same time, the INDSG prioritizes increasing burden-sharing with allies and partners around the world, in the process strengthening those relationships and setting conditions for lasting peace. DON’s PB26 request is to be aligned with the most recent INDSG. Secretary of Defense Strategic Priorities On 25 January 2025, Secretary of Defense Hegseth issued a Message to the Force detailing the priorities of the Department of Defense in order to achieve peace through strength. With a focus on lethality, meritocracy, accountability, standards, and readiness, the three priorities laid out in the Secretary’s message include: • Revive the warrior ethos and restore trust in our military. Our standards will be high, uncompromising, and clear. The strength of our military is our unity and our shared purpose. • Rebuild our military by matching threats to capabilities. This means reviving our defense industrial base, reforming our acquisition process, passing a financial audit, and rapidly fielding emerging technologies. We will remain the strongest and most lethal force in the world. • Reestablish deterrence by defending our homeland — on the ground and in the sky. We will work with allies and partners to deter aggression in the Indo-Pacific by Communist China, as well as supporting the President's priority to end wars responsibly and reorient to key threats. We will stand by our allies — and our enemies are on notice. 2025 Introduction FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget 1-5 Secretary of the Navy Strategic Guidance The Secretary of the Navy John Phelan (SECNAV) is leading this Department with three focus areas that guide our vision for the United States Navy and Marine Corps: 1) Strengthen Shipbuilding and the Maritime Industrial Base, 2) Foster and Adaptive, Accountable, and Innovative Warfigher Culture, and 3) The Health, Welfare, and Training of Our People and Their Families. These three priorities will steer the Department and shape the future of our fleet and force. Our focus is on maritime warfighting dominance far into the future. Strengthening Shipbuilding and Maritime Industrial Base The Navy and Marine Corps’ ability to maintain maritime dominance is increasingly being challenged in a volatile and unpredictable world. Our industrial base, installations, and physical infrastructure are in urgent need of significant investments to build and sustain the Navy and U.S flag shipping fleets. We are aggressively seeking to improve and accelerate ship construction, prioritizing modernization, and expanding the capacity of our maritime industrial base, forged by a new path that enhances our naval capabilities at the speed of relevance. Fostering an Adaptive, Accountable, and Innovative Warfighter Culture As the nation’s first line of defense, the Navy and Marine Corps play an indispensable role in securing national interests and protecting our way of life. To truly strengthen our defense posture, we must first ensure that the Department of the Navy is accountable to the American taxpayer. Without a solid foundation of fiscal responsibility, transparency, and efficient resource management, we cannot expect to foster a culture of adaptability and warfighting excellence that is critical to our future success. Not just for appearance’s sake – but because no military can sustain its edge without earning the trust of the American taxpayer every single day. The Health, Welfare, and Training of Our People and Their Families Our greatest asset is the extraordinary men and women who serve amongst us – the Sailors, Marines, and Department of the Navy civilians. We will continue to invest in the recruitment, training and retention of the highest caliber personnel. Introduction 2025 1-6 FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget We will prioritize Quality of Life and Quality of Service initiatives to ensure that our Sailors, Marines and their families have the resources available to succeed when called upon to meet the mission. The DON’s budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2026 funds a strong, global Navy and Marine Corps that is postured and ready to defend our homeland, deter adversaries, and prevail in war – prioritizing China as our most consequential opponent. It is a thorough, strategy-driven budget that is focused on delivering resources to ensure our naval forces remain ready, resilient, flexible, and agile to execute national tasking and preserve peace through strength. 2025 Introduction FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget 1-7 Acting Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Strategic Guidance On February 21, 2025, Admiral James Kilby assumed the role of Acting Chief of Naval Operations. His guidance to the fleet defines today’s Navy and reinforces naval priorities. The Navy provides our Nation with the seapower and sea control needed to preserve our way of life and ensure security and prosperity. In the past year, the Sailors have defeated hundreds of drones and missiles and executed dozens of offensive strikes in the Red Sea and Eastern Mediterranean. They have strengthened alliances and deterred Chinese aggression in the Western Pacific. Sailors have supported operations on the Southern Border. They have maintained an unbroken strategic deterrent with our ballistic missile submarines. In short, the Navy, integrated with the Joint Force, remains postured and ready to fight and win. We remain committed to a strong, global Navy – one that is prepared to defend our homeland, deter our adversaries, and prevail in war. We are laser-focused on China as our most consequential opponent, while strengthening defense of the homeland. We prioritize our operations, training, and readiness accounts to ensure our naval forces remain ready, resilient, and agile to execute national tasking. The Navigation Plan is based on a clear vision of how we fight to win, and exploit sea control in a high-end, information centric, global battlespace. The Navigation Plan drives towards two strategic ends: readiness for the possibility of war with China by 2027 and enhancing the Navy’s long-term advantage. The key targets are: • Ready the force by eliminating ship, submarine, and aircraft maintenance delays. • Scale robotic and autonomous systems to integrate more platforms at speed. • Create the command centers our fleets need to win on a disturbed battlefield. • Recruit and retain the force we need to get more players on the field. • Deliver a quality of service commensurate with the sacrifices of our Sailors • Train for combat as we plan to fight, in the real world and virtually. • Restore the critical infrastructure that sustains and projects the fight from shore. The events of the last two years in the Red Sea, the Eastern Mediterranean, and the Indo-Pacific demonstrate the enduring importance of American naval power. Introduction 2025 1-8 FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget America’s Navy is a key pillar of national power and a critical part of our Joint Force’s ability to maintain peace through strength. Achieving these seven key tasks will ensure a lethal, combat-credible Navy that contributes layered effects to the Joint Force and can fight and win our Nation’s wars in the maritime environment. Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) Strategic Guidance The Commandant of the Marine Corps General Eric Smith’s vision is expressed in the Commandant ‘s Planning Guidance (CPG) which provides the strategic direction to fight and win today and to set conditions to win in the future. The strategic priority remains the continued implementation of Force Design, the Service-wide transformation effort to make the Marine Corps lighter, more naval, more versatile, and more lethal. Modernizing the Corps in this way improves the ability to deter potential adversaries by providing credible forces for naval campaigns and expanding integration with the Naval and Joint Force, as well as our allies and partners. Today, Marines are standing-in across multiple theaters to disrupt adversary plans and prevent conflict. If necessary, they are prepared to seize and defend key maritime terrain. The concepts and capabilities stemming from Force Design are being used today across the globe. Current and future readiness is a continuous process through a Campaign of Learning based on the Marine Corps’ understanding of emerging and evolving threats, the trajectory of technology, and the missions the Corps is tasked to undertake. Ongoing efforts to create and sustain warfighting advantage over the long term will ensure the Fleet Marine Force remains organized, trained and equipped to succeed in an ever-evolving operational environment, regardless of time or place, maintaining its role as America’s premier expeditionary force-in-readiness, deterring adversaries and responding to crises globally. To best posture the Marine Corps for both the fights of today and the future, the CMC’s priorities for the FY 2026 budget cycle, nested within the CPG, are as follows: • Amphibious Readiness and Littoral Mobility: Achieving a sustained presence of three Amphibious Ready Groups with Marine Expeditionary Units is the Corps’ guiding goal. These units provide forward-deployed, lethal 2025 Introduction FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget 1-9 options that complicate adversary planning and enable joint campaigning with allies. The Marine Corps is also advancing organic littoral mobility capabilities to support low-profile Stand-in-Forces that operate within enemy threat zones throughout conflict phases. • Accelerate Force Design Modernization: The Corps is committed to agility in adapting to evolving threats by integrating new technologies, refining its organizational structure, and strengthening joint operations. This commitment ensure Marines remain lethal, survivable, and ahead of adversaries as warfare evolves. • Modernize Barracks and Improve Quality of Life: The Barracks 2030 initiative represents the largest infrastructure investment in Marine Corps history, aimed at providing Marines with safe and modern living environments. Enhancing quality of life through childcare, spousal employment, and wellness programs is essential to readiness and retention. • Recruit, Make, and Retain Marines: The Marine Corps continues to meet recruiting goals without compromising standards, employing data-driven strategies to attract and retain high-quality Marines. Supporting Marines and their families underpins the Corps’ ability to maintain an elite, ready force. The CMC’s vision is to maintain a forward-leaning, versatile, and lethal Marine Corps capable of prevailing across all domains today and in the future. Introduction 2025 1-10 FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget SECURITY AND OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT In today’s increasingly hostile, volatile, and unpredictable global maritime security environments, from the Red Sea, the Indo-Pacific, to the Information Environment, our Sailors and Marines face existential threats. The Nation and our allies depend on the Navy and Marine corps team to sustain a lethal, agile, and ready force capable of responding to these evolving challenges. Our Nation finds itself at a critical crossroads, facing an increasingly hostile, volatile, and unpredictable global maritime security environment. Our forces face existential threats, ranging from strategic competition to regional instability. The Nation and our allies depend on the Navy and Marine Corps team to sustain a lethal, agile, and ready force capable of responding to these evolving challenges. Our adversaries are not waiting. China is building a navy to challenge American dominance. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to expand its fleet, build more advanced submarines, and operate more provocatively and aggressively in contested waters. If we fail to respond with urgency and resolve, we invite instability and risk ceding the seas to authoritarian influence. Our Sailors and Marines have met these threats with professionalism and bravery. We must take decisive action to deter the CCP’s assertiveness, and uphold peace through strength, ensuring the United States remains preeminent and fully prepared to defend its interests in every domain. In the Indo-Pacific, the CCP is pursuing rapid and concerning growth, particularly in its naval capabilities. By 2030, the CCP is projected to have nearly 1,000 nuclear warheads, with a significant portion carried by its growing fleet of ballistic missile submarines. By the end of this calendar year, the CCP is projected to surpass a significant milestone with nearly 400 ships in its naval fleet – a dramatic expansion. This growth greatly enhances its strategic reach and power projection capabilities. Regionally, the CCP’s aggressive actions in the South China Sea pose a direct threat to freedome of navigation, continuing to challenge international law and disrupt the 2025 Introduction FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget 1-11 right of coastal nations like the Philippines. We remain committed to supporting the Philippines and other regional allies to uphold a free and open Indo-Pacific. In the Red Sea, we have successfully defended maritime shipping from Houthi rebels. Our Sailors and Marines are the backbone of Operation PROSPERITY GUARDIAN, not only countering Houthi missile and drone strikes with precision and professionals but also providng essential protection to commercial vessels. Our actions in this region stand as a testament to the readiness of our Navy and Marine Corps and send a clear message to the world that the United States will uphold international law and maintain freedom of navigation. Russia remains dangerous. Russia’s illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine drew global condemnation and prompted Finland and Sweden to join NATO. On the battlefield, however, Russia has demonstrated operational learning, adapting technologically and tactically to Ukrainian innovations. Closer to home, our Sailors and Marines are supporting our Nation’s homeland defense at the southern border through Operation SOUTHERN GUARDIAN, specifically Task Force Sapper. Since January 2025, Marines from 1 st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, and 7 th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, have been tirelessly working alongside members of other Federal agencies to fortify border security and provide vital surveillance, logistics, and manpower support to the enforcement of our immigration laws. Their presence strengthens national defense and protects the homeland. America is a maritime nation. For 250 years, America’s Sailors and Marines have sailed the globe in defense of freedom. Because the seas are the lifeblood of our economy, our national security, and our way of life, we operate around the world and around the clock. FY 2026 PRESIDENT’S BUDGET OVERVIEW The Department of the Navy requires both discretionary and mandatory funding to successfully execute the budget. The FY 2026 budget rebuilds, reforms, and refocuses on what matters – readiness, accountability, efficiency, and deterrence to meet existential threats and sustain maritime superiority. Introduction 2025 1-12 FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget Figure 1.1 – FY 2026 Total Budget Request by Appropriation Group ($ in Billions) Figure 1.1 breaks out the $292.2 billion budget request, comprised of $248.9B in discretionary funds and $43.3B in mandatory funds by major appropriation group. This budget represents a $29.2 billion or 11% increase over our FY 2025 enacted President’s Budget (including $8.4B of FY 2025 supplemental funding). There are significant increases across multiple appropriations which demonstrates our strong focus on expanding capabilities, maintaining readiness, supporting personnel, advancing technology, and improving infrastructure. Specific increases are military construction 19.5%, procurement 16.4%, research and development 12.3%, operation and maintenance 8.0%, and military personnel 6.6%. The budget makes key investments across shipbuilding, aircraft, ground equipment, and research and development – ensuring balanced funding that rebuilds our fleet, modernizes capabilities, and fuels innovation. The budget accelerates efforts to restore operational readiness, reduce maintenance backlogs, and support the health and effectiveness of our Sailors and Marines. Fiscal reforms enhance our workforce, infrastructure, and financial stewardship which is critical to sustained success. The budget is firmly grounded in Secretary Phelan's enduring priorities which are the guiding principles that inform our decisions. These priorities are designed to ensure we strengthen shipbuilding and the maritime industrial base, foster an adaptive, 2025 Introduction FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget 1-13 accountable and innovative Warfighter culture, and invest in the Health, Welfare and Training of our People. Strengthening Shipbuilding and the Maritime Industrial Base First, we are strengthening shipbuilding and the maritime industrial base. This budget includes investments in shipyards, workforce development, modernizing infrastructure, re- skilling the workforce, and increasing capacity. By investing in shipyards with greater domestic and foreign capital, modernizing infrastructure and re-skilling the workforce, we will ensure that the U.S. has the capacity to build and maintain the most advanced naval vessels in the world. These investments are essential to ensuring we can build and maintain the advanced naval vessels needed to deter aggression and defend our interests. Industrial Base The request invests in industry underpinning the future of naval force capabilities. For shipbuilding, funds are provided for the Submarine Industrial Base to increase the shipbuilder’s health and supply chain enterprise, as well as Virginia Class Submarine shipbuilder wages. This is necessary to meet a generational increase in demand driven by recapitalizing the most survivable leg of the Nuclear Triad – the COLUMBIA, on time delivery of Virginia Class Submarines, maintenance of in- service submarines, and national commitments made under the AUKUS agreement. Funding is also requested for the weapons industrial base to increase production and strengthen secondary and tertiary suppliers for critical components continuity. The budget request reflects investments made in the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP) which will deliver required dry dock repairs and upgrades to support nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines. For aviation depots, funding supports the fleet readiness centers infrastructure and modernization optimization plan to improve aviation throughput. Procurement Our ships, aircraft, and weapons are a reminder that America will defend its borders, its people, and its principles. Our FY 2026 procurement request makes the appropriate investments to increase our assets in a prudent and financially responsible way. Introduction 2025 1-14 FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget The DON’s FY 2026 shipbuilding budget request of $47.4 billion (including $26.5 billion mandatory) procures nineteen battle force ships (3 in discretionary and 16 in mandatory) and funds cost-to-complete for prior year shipbuilding across multiple programs. The FY 2026 request funds one Columbia Class Nuclear Ballistic Missile submarine (in discretionary) as the first of three years of incremental funding, as well as advance procurement for the remaining ships. Two Block VI Virginia class submarines (one in discretionary and one in mandatory) are procured, as well as advance procurement for FY 2027 and FY 2028 ships. Continued incremental funding for CVNs 80 and 81 is requested, and the first year of advanced procurement for CVN 82. Two Arleigh Burke class destroyers, the seventh and eighth firm ships, are requested (in mandatory). One Explorer class ocean surveillance ship (T-AGOS) (in discretionary) and two John Lewis class oilers (in mandatory) are requested. To support the amphibious ship requirement the following are requested (all in mandatory): one San Antonio class LPD, one America class LHA, and nine McClung class medium Landing Ships providing maneuver forces for Navy and Marine Corps. The aircraft procurement request is $17.1 billion (including $0.1 billion in mandatory funding) in FY 2026. This includes 43 fixed-wing, rotary-wing, and unmanned aircraft (all in discretionary). Our aviation investments include: twenty-three F-35 Lightning Bs and Cs, twelve heavy lift CH-53K King Stallions, four E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes, and one UC-12W Operational Support Airlift. To continue our investment in unmanned platforms, three MQ-25 are procured plus advance procurement for long-lead time material for future aircraft. 2025 Introduction FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget 1-15 The weapons procurement request is $7.9 billion ($2.2 billion in mandatory funding). The request continues procurement for Naval Stike Missile (106 discretionary) and Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (30 discretionary). There is increased production for several weapons including: Standard Missile (28 discretionary, 111 mandatory), Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (277 discretionary), Small Diameter Bombs II (273 discretionary), Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile ER (26 discretionary, 64 mandatory), and Tomahawk Missiles (57 mandatory). Other ship weapons include Rolling Airframe Missile (123 discretionary), Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (305 discretionary), Patriot PAC-3 (12 mandatory), MK54 Lightweight Torpedo Mod 1(54 mandatory), MK 48 heavyweight torpedo (63 mandatory), and LSC Surface-to- Surface Mission Mods (10 discretionary). Other aircraft weapons include AIM-9X Sidewinder (146 discretionary), Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (147 discretionary), and Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (51 discretionary). The ground procurement request for the Marine Corps of $3.8 billion continues the commitment to Force Design. Procurements (all discretionary) include Amphibious Combat Vehicles with improved lethality (91) with the MK- 44 30mm cannon and the M240 7.62mm coax machine gun, Javelin Missiles (56), Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (138) and Medium Range Intercept Capability systems (230). Funding is included for sustainment of the Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar. There is also a focus on enhanced capabilities for communications and navigation which are critical to achieving the Force Design 2030. Military Construction PB26 prioritizes critical shore investments to increase Fleet readiness. The FY 2026 budget request of $6.8 billion (including $749 million mandatory) including 48 projects in support of new platforms, shipyard improvements in Kittery, Maine and Norfolk, Virginia, safety, Global Posture, and quality of life infrastructure requirements. The request provides $1.9 billion for INDOPACOM and EUCOM Posture construction, to include major construction supporting the relocation of U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam and Darwin Australia, Palau Port and Harbor Introduction 2025 1-16 FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget Improvements, Unspecified Minor Construction, as well as Design for unaccompanied housing, child development centers, shipyards, and Guam. Allies and Partners We are building alliances, deterring adversaries, and cementing America’s dominance at sea for decades to come. We continue to support the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) trilateral agreement. This once-in-a-generation opportunity demonstrates shared interest in strengthening peace, stability, and deterrence across the Indo-Pacific and represents a leap in integrated deterrence and undersea warfighting. Royal Australian Navy Sailors are currently serving on American submarines and in the nuclear training pipeline. Last fall, U.S. Sailors assigned to the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) executed planned and emergent maintenance on the USS Hawaii (SSN 776) alongside their Royal Australian Navy counterparts — the first time Australian personnel have worked on a nuclear- powered attack submarine under the auspices of AUKUS. Foster an Adaptive, Accountable, and Innovative Warfighter Culture Fostering an accountable and innovative Warfighter culture means prioritizing funding for autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, and cyber capabilities to enhance decision-making speed and operational flexibility. It also means eliminating wasteful spending on programs misaligned with defense priorities. As the Nation’s first line of defense, the Navy and Marine Corps play an indispensable role in securing national interests and protecting our way of life. However, to truly strengthen our defense posture, we must first ensure that the Department of the Navy is accountable to the American taxpayer. Without a solid foundation of fiscal responsibility, transparency, and efficient resource management, we cannot expect to foster a culture of adaptability and warfighting excellence that is critical to our future success. Research and Development This budget request of $29.2 billion (including $3.5 billion in mandatory funding) for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation. Navy invests in the warfighting naval force to provide our Sailors and Marines with the most cutting edge systems, weapons, and platforms to win decisively in an increasing complex environment. The request remains committed to the strategic deterrence mission, funding the generational recapitalization of all sea-based portions of the triad including submarines, TACAMO, Trident D5, and our Nuclear Command, Control and 2025 Introduction FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget 1-17 Communications networks. Additionally, it covers investments in future large surface combatants (DDGX) programs with newer technologies to counter emerging threats. Within aviation, key efforts requested include the Next Generation Jammer, E2D, and JSF (F-35B/F-35C). The Department continues to focus on key enabling technologies for Robotic Autonomous Systems (RAS) to maximize interoperability and capability increasing investment in large unmanned surface vessel (LUSVs) and extra-large unmanned undersea vehicle (XLUUVs). In aviation, we continue investments for MQ-4 Triton and MQ-25. The request also includes increased development efforts for Information Warfare in the areas of cybersecurity and operational maneuver, and investment in Command and Control Systems to develop, integrate, and harden the logistics information technology family of systems. Lastly, investments are made in development of Marine Corps capabilities including the Amphibious Combat Vehicle and Marine Air Defense Integration Systems. Better Business Practices The Department’s better business practices and reform efforts will help rebuild our military by aligning resources to counter threats. In an effort to increase accountability and efficiency, the DON is conducting a thorough review of contracts to identify funding that could be reduce, retooled, or eliminated to better align with higher priority Navy and Marine Corps efforts The Department is also eliminating funding for efforts that are not a priority for this administration including Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives and climate, as well as to focus on workforce optimization. To build a more resilient and responsive force, we must embrace the principles of better business practices in all aspects of our operations. By applying proven business strategies and techniques, we can eliminate inefficiencies, reduce waste, and ensure that we deploy resources where they will have the most significant impact. Information Technology and Cyber DON investments in enterprise information technology and cyber activities ensure the Navy and Marine Corps’ ability to project naval power and sustain maritime operations in a continuously evolving threat environment. The DON remains focused on optimizing its information technology ecosystem to support warfighting and business mission objectives and on securing our enterprise networks, weapon systems, platforms, and critical infrastructure. For PB26, this includes significant Introduction 2025 1-18 FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget investments in zero trust implementation for unclassified and classified networks, resilient transport, and cryptologic modernization. Audit The DON is committed to producing accurate and comprehensive annual financial statements and making continuous progress toward achieving a clean audit opinion. Attaining a clean audit opinion is essential not only for the DON but also for the Department of Defense and the U.S. Government, as it signifies transparency, accountability, and sound financial management. To accomplish this, the DON is executing its proven financial management strategy, which emphasizes transformational changes aimed at the most impactful areas. These strategic initiatives focus on enhancing financial systems, strengthening internal controls, streamlining processes, and leveraging technology to ensure reliable financial data. Through these concerted efforts, the DON aims to improve its financial stewardship, support informed decision-making, and ultimately secure a clean audit opinion that reflects fiscal responsibility and effective management of resources. The Health, Welfare, and Training of Our People and Their Families Finally, we are not just investing in hardware, but in our people. This means providing our Sailors and Marines with unmatched, world-class training, and a renewed emphasis on the warrior ethos. We are focused on providing our people the right resources to be successful in any combat environment. The request funds overall DON military end strength of 608,000 and fully supports the President’s America First agenda, growing and maintaining our warriors to achieve peace through strength. The budget also takes care of our people by providing a 3.8 percent pay raise to uniformed personnel. Personnel For the Active Navy, the PB26 request of $43.6 billion (including $169.8 million mandatory) funds 344,600 Sailors. This end strength level allows us to continue our goal to maintain the optimal mix of personnel with the right skills and experience to support the fleet. The Reserve Navy request of $3.0 billion (including $5.2 million mandatory) is for 57,500 Reservists, which maintains our focus 2025 Introduction FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget 1-19 on recruitment and retention, with a renewed emphasis on aligning personnel with the right skills and experience to effectively support fleet requirements. For the Active Marine Corps, the PB26 budget request $18.6 billion (includes $118.4 million mandatory) for 172,300 Marines. The Reserve Marine Corps request is $1.1 billion (includes $4.1 million mandatory for 33,600 Marine Reservists. This request invests in bonus and incentive programs to continue meeting our retention goals and targeted maturation of small unit leaders and technically skilled personnel. The civilian workforce plays a critical role in supporting the warfighting mission and contributing to our continued position as the world's preeminent maritime force. The FY 2026 budget requests $33.8 billion for 222,089 civilians, including U.S. direct hires, foreign national direct hires, and foreign national indirect hires. The Department is strategically responding to the impacts of the Deferred Resignation Program, and a thoughtful reorganization of functions is being reviewed to ensure alignment with evolving requirements. Family Housing The budget request of $551.7 million funds three housing construction projects, a housing revitalization project, a restructure of the Navy Southeast privatized housing project, and design, as well as the operation and maintenance of ~8,350 government owned units and ~1,650 leased units. Readiness The readiness within the DON is built and maintained through a comprehensive network of resources and activities. This includes shipyards, aviation depots, and ground depots responsible for maintenance and repairs, as well as a global network of bases and stations that ensure operational presence worldwide. Additionally, readiness is reinforced through the steaming and flying hours that enable Sailors and Marines to develop and sustain their skills. The budget request supports both maintaining a strong presence globally and fulfilling crisis response responsibilities, ensuring that the DON remains prepared for a range of operational demands. The ship maintenance request of $16.2 billion (all discretionary) funds critical maintenance for Military Sealift Command support ships and moves Introduction 2025 1-20 FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget submarines and ships through public and private shipyards and return them to the Fleet for operations through 57 availabilities. The ship operations request of $7.3 billion (including $1.9 billion mandatory) sustains the necessary training and deployment costs of the Fleet, ensuring full capability with essential spare parts and 58 underway days per quarter for deployed Fleet forces. The Fleet Marine Force Readiness request of $4.6 billion (including $0.5 billion mandatory) advances Global posture capabilities, integrates Marine Corps Regiments, and enhances maintenance and logistics for strategic agility. The flight operations request of $11.4 billion (all discretionary) funds over 940,000 Navy and Marine Corps active and reserve flying hours balanced to resource Fleet preparation and execution of operational requirements. The aviation maintenance request of $2.0 billion (includes $0.1 billion mandatory) funds 340 airframe and 1,275 engine events, as well as sustains reforms over the last several years and invests depot overhauls and aircraft spares to increase mission capable aircraft numbers. The DON is committed to making affordable investments in facilities to sustain our critical advantage in supporting and sustaining combat forces. In this effort, we actively pursue opportunities to improve efficiency and resiliency. The Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization (FSRM) program directs investments toward enhancing warfighting readiness and capabilities across 90 installations and their multiple annexes. FY 2026 FSRM request for the Navy is $5.7 billion (includes $1.7 billion mandatory) which includes funds for modernizing the Navy’s four public shipyards as part of the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program. The request funds critical upgrades to heating, ventilation, air conditioning, electrical, and plumbing systems to enhance unaccompanied housing facilities currently in poor or failing condition habitability. The request also partially supports the Navy Basic Allowance for Housing for Sailors residing off-base in the Hampton Roads, VA area. Additionally, the budget invests in improvements to the Child Care Fee Assistance program. The Marine Corps FSRM request of $3.4 billion makes significant investments in Barracks 2030, as well as the demolition of failing facilities. The Base Operating Support (BOS) request of $9.4 billion ($0.1 billion in mandatory funding) ensures the safe and efficient operation of shore-based installations 2025 Introduction FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget 1-21 worldwide for the DON. BOS encompasses a wide range of essential services, including childcare, utilities, transportation, environmental and engineering support, base services, physical security, anti-terrorism and force protection, as well as port and airfield operations. RESOURCE SUMMARY The combined discretionary and mandatory funding in the FY 2026 President’s Budget request is $292.2 billion. Figure 1.2 displays the total request by appropriation and Service, providing comparisons to FY 2024 actuals and the FY yearlong enacted 2025 CR enacted to add context at a more detailed level. Figure 1.2 – FY 2026 DON Total Budget Request by Appropriation $292.2B ($ in Millions) FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 Discretionary FY 2026 Mandatory FY 2026 Total Military Personnel, Navy 37,034 38,813 40,744 170 40,914 Military Personnel, Marine Corps 15,392 16,151 17,120 118 17,238 Reserve Personnel, Navy 2,474 2,567 2,737 5 2,742 Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps 915 944 1,019 4 1,023 Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Fund Contribution, Navy 2,176 2,264 2,681 - 2,681 Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Fund Contribution, MC 1,103 1,176 1,348 - 1,348 Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Fund Contribution, Res Navy 184 187 218 - 218 Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Fund Contribution, Res MC 94 93 108 - 108 Operation & Maintenance, Navy 74,680 74,761 74,080 4,613 78,694 Operation & Maintenance, Marine Corps 10,267 10,027 11,004 1,853 12,858 Operation & Maintenance, Navy Reserve 1,360 1,317 1,442 - 1,442 Operation & Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve 321 334 362 - 362 Environmental Restoration, Navy - 344 358 - 358 Aircraft Procurement, Navy 19,756 15,919 17,028 100 17,128 Weapons Procurement, Navy 6,569 6,349 5,597 2,247 7,845 Shipbuilding & Conversion, Navy 28,031 39,023 20,840 26,544 47,384 Other Procurement, Navy 15,136 15,143 14,570 3,335 17,905 Procurement, Marine Corps 4,714 3,804 3,754 - 3,754 Procurement of Ammunition, Navy & Marine Corps 2,051 1,599 1,135 125 1,260 National Sea-Based Deterrence Fund 7,789 - - - - Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Navy 27,998 25,967 25,708 3,452 29,160 Military Construction, Navy & Marine Corps 6,058 5,287 6,013 749 6,762 Military Construction, Navy & Marine Corps Reserve 51 30 2 - 2 Family Housing Construction, Navy 277 273 178 - 178 Family Housing Operations, Navy 365 489 374 - 374 National Defense Sealift Fund 35 - - - - Base Realignment and Closure 257 137 113 - 113 Navy Working Capital Fund 34 30 382 - 382 Total 265,123 263,026 248,915 43,318 292,233 Navy 210,945 210,355 193,953 41,018 234,972 Marine Corps 54,178 52,670 54,961 2,299 57,261 Introduction 2025 1-22 FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget This page left blank intentionally This page left blank intentionally. 2025 Strengthening Shipbuilding and the Maritime Industrial Base - Procurement FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget 2–1 SECTION II: PROCUREMENT OVERVIEW A robust and reliable naval fleet is essential to projecting power and controlling the sea in order to maintain peace and prosperity for the American people. The Department’s FY 2026 request makes strong investments in our nation’s shipbuilding industry, to include full funding for the Navy’s sea-based nuclear deterrent (Columbia). The request maintains strong investments in strike-fighter and heavy-lift aircraft while increasing early-warning and unmanned intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capacity. Further, the request increases investment in critical munitions necessary to hold our adversaries at risk and to enable forward deployed Naval Forces to operate within contested areas. Figure 2.1 displays procurement funding streams in the FY 2026 request. Figure 2.1 – Procurement, FY 2024 – 2026 (Dollars in Billions) 19.8 15.9 17.0 0.1 17.1 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 FY24 FY25 FY26 Disc. FY26 Mand. FY26 Total Aircraft Procurement, Navy 15.1 15.1 14.6 3.3 17.9 0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 10.0 12.0 14.0 16.0 18.0 FY24 FY25 FY26 Disc. FY26 Mand. FY26 Total Other Procurement, Navy 2.1 1.6 1.1 0.1 1.3 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 FY24 FY25 FY26 Disc. FY26 Mand. FY26 Total Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps 4.7 3.8 3.8 0.0 3.8 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 FY24 FY25 FY26 Disc. FY26 Mand. FY26 Total Procurement, Marine Corps 28.0 39.0 20.8 26.5 47.4 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 35.0 40.0 45.0 FY24 FY25 FY26 Disc. FY26 Mand. FY26 Total Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy 6.6 6.3 5.6 2.2 7.8 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 FY24 FY25 FY26 Disc. FY26 Mand. FY26 Total Weapons Procurement, Navy Strengthening Shipbuilding & the Maritime Industrial Base - Procurement 2025 2–2 FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY While the Navy and Marine Corps team stands ready to protect the seas, the challenge of rebuilding our Nation’s shipbuilding industry is a major national security imperative and a Presidential top priority for the U.S. Navy. The Department is aggressively seeking to improve and accelerate ship construction, prioritizing modernization, and expanding the capacity of our maritime industrial base, forged by a new path that enhances our naval capabilities at the speed of relevance. The Navy’s FY 2026 shipbuilding request of $47.4 billion ($26.5 billion in mandatory funding) procures nineteen battle force ships (sixteen with mandatory funding), as compared to five in the previous year. The plan from FY 2024 to FY 2026 is shown in Figure 2.2. Figure 2.2 – Shipbuilding Procurement Quantities and Total Funding FY24 FY25 FY26 Disc. FY26 Mand. FY26 Total New Construction: Columbia Class Submarine (SSBN 826) 1 - 1 - 1 Virginia Class Submarine (SSN 774) 2 1 1 1 2 Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer (DDG 51) 2 3 - 2 2 Constellation Class Guided Missile Frigate (FFG 62) 2 - - - - America Class Amphibious Assault Ship (LHA 6) - - - 1 1 San Antonio Class Amphib. Trans. Dock (LPD 17) (Flt II) - 1 - 1 1 Medium Landing Ship - - - 9 9 John Lewis Class Fleet Replenishment Oiler (T-AO 205) 1 - - 2 2 T-AGOS Surtass Ship - - 1 - 1 New Construction Total QTY 8 5 3 16 19 Other Construction: LCAC SLEP 1 2 - 1 1 Ship to Shore Connector 4 3 - 1 1 LCU 1700 2 - - 9 9 Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier (CVN 68) RCOH - 1 - - - Strategic Sealift - - - 1 1 Auxiliary Vessels (Sealift used) 1 2 1 - 1 Other Construction Total QTY 8 8 1 12 13 Shipbuilding Total QTY 16 13 4 28 32 FY24 FY25 FY26 Disc. FY26 Mand. FY26 Total New Construction Total ($B) 32.5 $ 34.4 $ 16.9 $ 24.8 $ 41.7 $ Other Construction Total ($B) 3.3 $ 4.6 $ 3.9 $ 1.8 $ 5.7 $ Shipbuilding Total ($B) 35.8 $ 39.0 $ 20.8 $ 26.5 $ 47.4 $ 2025 Strengthening Shipbuilding and the Maritime Industrial Base - Procurement FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget 2–3 Surface Combatants The Navy’s surface combatants represent the leading edge of naval warfare, as demonstrated most recently by their defense against Houthi rebel attacks on U.S. vessels transiting the Red Sea. In FY 2026, the Department requests $5.6 billion in funding to maintain its commitiment to procure two Arleigh Burke class destroyers, the seventh and eighth ships of a multi-year procurement. Submarine Programs The Columbia-class nuclear ballistic submarine – the most survivable leg of our nation’s nuclear triad – continues to be the Department’s top acquisition priority. Accordingly, the Department’s FY 2026 request invests $9.0 billion for the first of three years of incremental funding for the third Columbia class submarine, as well as advance procurement for future ships of the class. Virginia class fast attack submarines continue to join the existing fleet of Los Angeles and Seawolf class submarines to provide covert force application throughout the world’s oceans. The FY 2026 budget request of $13.0 billion includes funds to procure two Block VI Virgina submarines. The request also includes advance procurement funds for future Virginia class ships, and material for future Virgina class submarines executed as part of the FY 2025 multi-year contract. Additionally, the request includes $2.5 billion for productivity and wage enhancements at the shipbuilder. Amphibious Warships The Navy’s fleet of amphibious assault ships serve as floating sea bases for Navy-Marine Corps crisis response forces around the globe. An Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) consists of one Wasp (LHD) or America (LHA) class “large deck” vessel and two amphibious transport dock (LPD) vessels. Together, the ARG is able to support a Marine Strengthening Shipbuilding & the Maritime Industrial Base - Procurement 2025 2–4 FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget Expeditionary Unit of 2,200 Marines and Sailors, able to conduct simultaneous operations in the air, on land, and sea. In FY 2026, the Department is requesting $3.9B for a fifth America class (LHA) ship and $1.6B for a fifth San Antonio class (LPD) ship, to replace their respective legacy platforms. The Department remains committed to the statutory 31 amphibious ship requirement. New for FY 2026, the Department is requesting $1.96B (mandatory) for the construction of nine Medium Landing Ships to provide distributed maneuver, mobility, and logistical support for the Marine Littoral Regiments in contested littoral environments. Aircraft Carriers Aircraft carriers are the centerpiece of America’s Naval forces – the most adaptable and survivable airfields in the world. With $3.3 billion requested, the FY 2026 budget request continues incremental funding of the CVN 80 and CVN 81, as well as the first year of advance procurement funding for CVN 82. Sealift Vessels Military Sealift Command (MSC) supports the joint warfighter across the full spectrum of military operations. MSC delivers agile logistics, strategic sealift, as well as specialized missions anywhere in the world, under any conditions, 24/7, 365 days a year. For FY 2026, the Department requests $1.96B (mandatory) funding for two John Lewis class oilers (T-AO 215 and 216). T-AO fleet replenishment oilers are operated by MSC and provide underway replenishment of fuel to U.S. Navy ships at sea and jet fuel for aircraft assigned to aircraft carriers. T-AOs provide additional capacity to the Navy’s Combat Logistical Force and are a cornerstone of the Navy’s fuel delivery system. The platform is an enabler of ships that provide forward presence, maritime security, sea control and deterrence. Additionally, the Department requests $612M (mandatory) funding for one T-AGOS Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance ship. Ocean surveillance ships gather underwater acoustical data to support the Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS) mission. The T-AGOS ships are operated by MSC to support the anti- submarine warfare mission of the commanders of the Atlantic and Pacific Fleet. 2025 Strengthening Shipbuilding and the Maritime Industrial Base - Procurement FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget 2–5 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY America’s Navy and Marine Corps team operate and maintain the most technologically advanced aircraft in the world—affording America’s warfighters the ability to sense, strike, and maneuver anywhere on the globe. The Department’s FY 2026 request invests $17.1 billion ($17.0 billion discretionary and $0.1 billion mandatory) for the procurement of 43 new aircraft, and modifications, spares, and support equipment across the inventory. Figure 2.3 – Aircraft Procurement Quantities and Total Funding FY24 FY25 FY26 Disc. FY26 Mand. FY26 Total Fixed Wing 79 59 28 - 28 F-35C JSF CV (Navy) 15 13 8 - 8 F-35C JSF CV (USMC) 4 4 4 - 4 F-35B JSF STOVL (USMC) 16 13 11 - 11 P-8A (MMA) (Navy) 10 - - - - E-2D AHE (Navy) 2 - 4 - 4 Multi-Engine Training System (Navy) 14 15 - - - Multi-Engine Training System (USMC) 12 12 - - - KC-130J (Navy) 1 2 - - - KC-130J (USMC) 2 - - - - UC-12W (USMC) 3 - 1 - 1 Rotary Wing 20 20 12 - 12 CH-53K (USMC) 15 20 12 - 12 CMV-22 (COD) (Navy) 5 - - - - UAV 7 0 3 - 3 MQ-4C (Navy) 2 - - - - MQ-25 (Navy) - - 3 - 3 MQ-9A (USMC) 5 - - - - Total Quantity 106 79 43 - 43 Total Dollars ($B) $19.8 $15.9 $17.0 $0.1 $17.1 Strengthening Shipbuilding & the Maritime Industrial Base - Procurement 2025 2–6 FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget Fixed-Wing The Department’s FY 2026 request prioritizes the procurement of 23 fifth-generation, strike fighter aircraft. This includes 12 F-35C carrier-variants (8 Navy, 4 Marine Corps) and 11 F-35B short take- off / vertical landing (STOVL) variants for the Marine Corps. Both variants provide multi-role, stealth capabilities for air combat superiority. Rotary-Wing The Department’s FY2026 request includes the procurement of 12 CH-53K heavy transport helicopters. The CH-53K transports Marines, heavy equipment and supplies during ship-to- shore movement in support of amphibious assault and subsequent operations ashore. The most powerful helicopter in the Department of Defense, the CH-53K expands the fleet’s ability to move more material, faster throughout the area of responsibility using proven and mature technologies. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) The Department’s FY 2026 request includes funding to procure three MQ-25 low-rate initial production aircraft; as well as long-advance procurement for long lead-time material for subsequent aircraft. The MQ-25A will increase the strike range, capacity, and lethality of the carrier air wing (CVW) through organic mission and recovery tanking, and providing an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capability to the carrier strike group (CSG). MQ-25 is scheduled to achieve first flight in FY 2026. 2025 Strengthening Shipbuilding and the Maritime Industrial Base - Procurement FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget 2–7 WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY The President’s Budget for FY 2026 requests $7.9 billion ($5.6 billion discretionary and $2.3 billion mandatory). This level of funding represents a continued investment in weapons procurement. The focus is to continue to build up and replace expended critical munitions inventories while increasing line capacity. By partnering with industry and increasing sources with $296 million in weapon’s industrial base funding to increase production and strengthen secondary and tertiary suppliers for critical components continuity, we are able to increase capacity of critical munitions allowing the DON to meet inventory requirements on a more efficient timeline. Figure 2.4 – Weapons Procurement Quantities and Total Funding Critical Munitions / LLP FY24 FY25 FY26 Disc. FY26 Mand. FY26 Total Standard Missile (SM) 108 78 28 111 139 Tactical Tomahawk (TACTOM) (USN/USMC)* 25 18 - 57 57 Naval Strike Missile (NSM) (USN/USMC)* 85 87 106 - 106 Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM)_/1 81 60 30 - 30 Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) ER_/1 10 30 26 64 90 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM)_/1 331 142 51 - 51 MK 48 Heavyweight Torpedo 74 85 - 63 63 Ship Weapons Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Blk II 180 148 123 - 123 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) Blk II 168 374 305 - 305 PAC-3 MSE (Patriot) - - - 12 12 MK 54 Lightweight Torpedo Mod 1 51 25 - 54 54 LCS Surface-to-Surface Mission Mods 18 12 10 - 10 Aircraft Weapons AIM-9X Sidewinder 387 157 146 - 146 AARGM-ER 2 142 147 - 147 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM)_/2 263 175 277 - 277 Small Diameter Bomb II_/1 232 250 273 - 273 Total Quantity 2,015 1,783 1,522 361 1,883 Total Dollars ($B) $6.6 $6.4 $5.6 $2.3 $7.9 _/1 Air Force Lead Service _/2 Army Lead Service *Includes WPN and PMC Strengthening Shipbuilding & the Maritime Industrial Base - Procurement 2025 2–8 FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget Ship Weapons The Tactical Tomahawk (TACTOM RGM/UGM-109E) is a type of long-range, precision cruise missile used by the U.S. Navy and now being incorporated by the Marine Corps for land-attack and anti-ship capabilities. TACTOM is capable of in-flight retargeting, the ability to loiter over the battlefield, in-flight missile health and status monitoring, and battle damage indication. The Department’s FY 2026 request provides resources to procure 57 new TACTOM missiles and to recertify/upgrade in-service rounds. The Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) is the Fleet’s primary air defense weapon carried onboard Aegis cruisers and destroyers. The SM-6 Blocks IA/1B provide an extended range engagement capability to provide the air superiority and the umbrella of protection for the Joint U.S. Forces and allies against the full spectrum of manned fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, and land-attack and anti- ship cruise missiles in flight. The Department’s FY 2026 request procures 139 missiles and invests $30 million for special tooling and equipment to increase production capacity to 200/year by FY 2028. The Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM), a cooperative effort with Germany, is a high- firepower, low-cost, lightweight ship self- defense system designed to defeat anti-ship cruise missiles and other airborne threats. The production of Block II missiles provides increased kinematic capability against high- maneuvering threats and improved radio frequency detection against low-probability-of-intercept threats. The Department’s FY 2026 request supports the procurement of 123 RAM Block II missiles. The Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) Block II provides crucial defense battlespace and firepower against the fast, low-altitude, highly maneuverable Anti-Ship Cruise Missile, Anti- Ship Ballistic Missiles, Surface, and asymmetrical threats. ESSM serves as the primary surface-to-air ship self-defense missile system. ESSM Block II upgrade provides 2025 Strengthening Shipbuilding and the Maritime Industrial Base - Procurement FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget 2–9 crucial defense battlespace and firepower against the fast, low-altitude, highly maneuverable Anti-Ship Cruise Missile. In FY 2026, the Navy will procure 305 ESSM Block II AURs, canisters, and production support. The MK-48 Heavyweight Torpedo (HWT) is employed as the primary anti-surface and anti-submarine weapon by attack, ballistic missile, and guided missile submarines. In FY 2026, 63 will be procured. Procurements support increased inventory to meet current and future munition requirements, upgrading existing inventory to pace current threats and operating environments, improving capability to address High-End warfighting needs, and finding solutions to rapidly field HWT’s capable of being deployed in a near-term conflict. The MK-54 Lightweight Torpedo (LWT) is an anti-submarine torpedo deployed from surface ships and airborne anti-submarine warfare platforms in littoral scenarios operating in shallow water acoustic and environmental conditions, effective in the presence of threat countermeasures and capable in deep water engagements. The program fully transitioned to the sole procurement of Mod 1 in FY 2021, and will procure a quantity of 54 in FY 2026. The Naval Strike Missile (NSM), formerly the Over-the-Horizon (OTH) missile, provides long-range, anti-surface offensive capability against surface combatants onboard Littoral Combat Ships and the CONSTELLATION class Frigate. The NSM Weapon System (WS) consists of a Missile Launch System and a complement of missiles. The NSM WS provides the Marine Corps’ Navy/Marine Corps Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) with a ground-based, anti-ship capability. In FY 2026, the Navy will procure 16 missiles and the Marine Corps will procure 90 missiles. The Littoral Combat Ship Surface-to-Surface Missile Module (LCS SSMM) combined with the Longbow Hellfire Missile form a segment of the Surface Warfare (SUW) mission package which increases firepower and offensive/defensive capabilities against large numbers of highly maneuverable, fast, small craft threats, giving LCS the ability to protect the sea lanes and move a force quickly through a choke point or other strategic waterway. The FY 2026 budget supports procurement of 10 LCS SSMM. Strengthening Shipbuilding & the Maritime Industrial Base - Procurement 2025 2–10 FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget Aircraft Weapons Aircraft weapons ensure a tactical combat advantage over adversaries. The FY 2026 budget continues procurement of AIM-9X (146 total missiles. AIM-9X is a short range air-to-air missile, providing launch and leave capability using passive infrared energy to locate, track, and kill enemy aircraft. The Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) a joint Air Force-Navy program with Air Force as lead service. The AMRAAM is the premier, all-weather, all environment, radar-guided missile with improved capabilities against very low and high altitude targets in an electronic attack environment. The FY 2026 request procures a quantity of 51 AMRAAM missiles in support of warfighter requirements. The FY 2026 request procures 147 Advanced Anti- Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER) missiles. The AARGM-ER program integrates hardware and software upgrades to legacy AARGM missile guidance and control sections, a new rocket motor, and a Control Actuation System into a new outer mold line able to be launched from FA-18 E/F, EA-18G and is compatible with F-35 internal bay platforms. AARGM-ER's capabilities provide improved operational capabilities adding extended range, increased survivability and effectiveness against emerging threats in a rapidly evolving environment. FY 2026 funding supports the procurement of 277 Joint Air-to-Ground missiles (JAGM). JAGM replaces the Hellfire missile. JAGM is an air-launched missile system, equipped with multi-mode seeker technology that provides advanced line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight precision fire-and-forget seeker targeting capabilities resulting in increased lethality. In FY 2026, the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) AGM-158C-1 program procure 30 missiles. This next generation anti-surface warfare missile designed to provide precise and lethal long-range air-launched capabilities. LRASM is a semi- autonomous anti-ship missile, which reduces dependence on external platforms and GPS navigation to penetrate sophisticated enemy air defense systems. The Navy will procure 90 LRASM Extended Range (LRASM-ER) capability missiles which will enhance long range strike and existing Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare capability. This procurement line leverages the Air Force JASSM and Navy LRASM investments to procure this new Navy AGM-158C-3 variant. 2025 Strengthening Shipbuilding and the Maritime Industrial Base - Procurement FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget 2–11 Small Diameter Bomb Increment II (SDBII) provides the warfighter a capability to attack mobile targets in contested environments. FY 2026 is the ninth year of procurement for the Navy with a procurement of 273 bombs. SDBII addresses the requirement to attack mobile targets; achieve multiple kills per pass; carry multiple ordnance; provide all-weather operations; achieve near-precision munitions capability; provide capability against fixed targets; reduce the munitions footprint; increase weapons effectiveness; minimize potential for collateral damage; reduce susceptibility of munitions to countermeasures; and provide a migration path to net- centric operations capability. PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS The FY 2026 budget reflects the Marine Corps’ continued investment in modernization and innovation in support of Force Design. The FY 2026 Procurement, Marine Corps budget is $3.8 billion in discretionary funding; the major procurement programs are listed below. Ground Based Anti-Ship Missile (GBASM): Navy/Marine Corps Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) and Long Range Fires (LRF) Marine Corps Artillery Battalions gain organic anti-surface warfare capability in support of Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations through the GBAD. This capability is delivered by the Navy/Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) program, which consists of two Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) and a launcher/weapon control system onto a ground-based remotely operated carrier called a Remotely Operated Ground Unit Expeditionary (ROGUE) Fires vehicle. It is an unmanned ground vehicle based on a JLTV chassis mounting a missile launcher system. The FY 2026 budget requests $207.4 million for NMESIS systems and $167.5 million for LRF to fund 90 Naval Strike Missiles for load and reload requirements to begin building capacity for additional batteries. Strengthening Shipbuilding & the Maritime Industrial Base - Procurement 2025 2–12 FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget Ground Based Air Defense (GBAD) GBAD supports multiple efforts for the modernization of ground based air defense capabilities, which include the Marine Air Defense Integrated System Family of Systems (MADIS FoS), Installations-Counter Small Unmanned Air Systems (I- CsUAS), and Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC). The FY 2026 budget requests $231 million for MADIS FoS systems which will contribute to Littoral Operations in a Contested Environment and Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations by detect, track, identify and defeat of UAS, and Fixed Wing / Rotary Wing threats. The FY 2026 budget requests $243.8 million for I-CsUAS to provide protection of Marine Corps critical assets on permanent and temporary installations from Small Unmanned Air Systems (sUAS) threats. The system will detect, track, identify and defeat sUAS. I-CsUAS request also provides for Home Alone, a transportable counter air platform that is capable of passively detecting, identifying, tracking, and defeating UAS and Rotary Wing aircraft. The FY 2026 budget requests $145 million for Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) providing the Marine Corps Expeditionary Force Commander a capability to defend forward deployed forces primarily against cruise missile threats; secondarily against UAS and other aerial threats that enter the MRIC's Weapons Engagement Zone. Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) The Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) is an eight-wheeled armored personnel carrier, capable of mitigating capability gaps by providing improved lethality against dismounted enemy troops through more effective land and water tactical mobility, and increased force protection and survivability from blasts, fragmentation, and kinetic energy threats. The FY 2026 request of $790.8 million will procure 59 ACV-30mm variants and 32 ACV- Recovery variants plus procurement of related items such as Production Support, Systems Engineering/Program Management, Engineering Change Orders, Government Furnished Equipment, and Integrated Logistics Support. 2025 Strengthening Shipbuilding and the Maritime Industrial Base - Procurement FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget 2–13 Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) is a joint Army and Marine Corps program. The JLTV is a multi-mission ground combat, tactical, and support vehicle designed to provide sustained mobile protection and connectivity for personnel and payloads across the full range of military operations. There are four variants: the General Purpose, Close Combat Weapons Carrier, Utility, and Heavy Guns Carrier. The FY 2026 request of $81.9 million supports 19 trailers associated kits, fielding and fielding service representative (FSR) support under American Motors general (AMG) contract. The associated kits provide the warfighter with the ability to augment a baseline vehicle’s configuration in response to environmental conditions or threat situations. In 2024, production of The JLTV switched from OshKosh to AMG. Production of vehicles is paused for FY 2026 to allow time for progress on scheduled deliveries. PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS In FY 2026, the Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps (PANMC) budget of $1.3 billion ($0.1 billion in mandatory funding) supports the inventory and replenishment of critical munitions and related weaponry for the warfighter, giving them the best weapons and tools to fight decisively against any aggressor and support peace through strength. PANMC funding is critical to ensuring that the Navy and Marine Corps team maintains a decisive advantage in potential future conflicts. Dedicated and consistent funding enables the acquisition of essential munitions. Precision Guided Munitions are general purpose bombs, such as the 2,000-pound laser-guided "bunker buster" Penetrator bomb, and the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) for standoff rocket engagements are requested. Platform Lethality Enhancement includes 5-inch MK 45 gun ammunition to maximize the effectiveness of naval platforms. Expeditionary Warfare Support precision-guided artillery for the Marine Corps and Strengthening Shipbuilding & the Maritime Industrial Base - Procurement 2025 2–14 FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget Naval Special Warfare provides accurate & immediate fire support, crucial for Force Design implementation and overall Marine Corps readiness. Special Operations and Security Munitions small arms munitions equip Navy SEALs, coastal riverine forces, and security personnel. Finally, Explosive Hazard Mitigation pyrotechnics and demolition equipment vital for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) units, the Navy's primary force for neutralizing explosive threats, including IEDs and underwater mines. By investing in these key capabilities, we directly enhance the lethality and readiness of our naval forces across all domains. 2025 Strengthening Shipbuilding and the Maritime Industrial Base - Procurement FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget 2–15 OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY The FY 2026 budget for Other Procurement, Navy is $17.9 billion ($3.3 billion in mandatory funding). The OPN appropriation funds the procurement, production, and modernization of equipment that is not provided for in the SCN, APN, PMC, and PANMC appropriations. The OPN budget covers a myriad of items ranging from electronic sensors to training equipment to spare parts. This funding plays a crucial role in supporting the Fleet and shore establishment we need to sustain our Warfighters. Since FY 2020, OPN funding has also been used in part to support ship maintenance and repair. Industrial Plant Equipment Program The Department’s Industrial Plant Equipment (IPE) program procures capitalized personal property for the naval shipyards (NSYs) and fleet intermediate level (I-level) maintenance activities as part of the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP). The program funds capital improvements that are also critical to the nuclear enterprise, and includes: replacing aging legacy tools, improving maintenance productivity, eliminating rework costs to the fleet, and contributing toward meeting cost and schedule on aircraft carrier, surface ship and submarine availabilities. The SIOP FY 2026 OPN budget funds the recap of IPE in the Capital Investment Program Request, whose procurements include one 175 Ton Portal Crane as well as crawler cranes, mobile cranes, hydraulic test stands, pipe blender, plasma cutters, generators, bridge mills, and electronic security systems. In addition, this program procures capital equipment for the NSYs in support of mission requirements. SIOP’s budget will deliver efficient and modernized shipyard through upgrading existing dry docks and the construction of new ones, reimagining the physical layout of the shipyards, and equipment replacement. Ship Programs The FY 2026 OPN budget of $534 million funds the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program. This program will support: the procurement of 5 Initial CANES units, 20 Afloat Technical Insertion units and 1 Ashore TI unit with integration and associated costs for pre-installation design and the installation of 4 Initial CANES Afloat units and 47 Afloat TI units that were procured in FY 2025. Strengthening Shipbuilding & the Maritime Industrial Base - Procurement 2025 2–16 FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget Ship Maintenance and Repair The Navy continues to maximize the time ships are available to Fleet Commanders. This budget continues the effort that began in FY 2020 to fund ship maintenance efforts in OPN. 2025 Strengthening Shipbuilding & the Maritime Industrial Base – Allies and Partners FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget 3-1 SECTION III: ALLIES AND PARTNERS OVERVIEW The United States Navy and Marine Corps team is foundational to the protection of the U.S. homeland, securing global trade routes, the defense of allies, and the deterrence of adversaries. Ensuring that the Navy and Marine Corps team is the world’s preeminent naval force is critical advancing American interests. The Department is committed to enhancing the strategic partnerships across the Joint Force, industry, allies and partners around the globe that achieve peace through strength, defend our national security interests, keep our Nation safe, and preserve our way of life. In today’s rapidly evolving and unpredictable operational environment, strong alliances are critical to our national security. The Navy and Marine Corps team must deepen its partnerships with our allies and partners to fortify the bonds between our maritime forces. This collaboration significantly changes the cost and risk calculations of our adversaries and provides an advantage that China, Russia, and other adversaries can never replicate. The FY 2026 budget prioritizes readiness, industry investment and our people to support the Navy and Marine Corps team. This focus allows us to build strong partnerships across government, the Joint Force, industry, and our international allies. The Department of the Navy, in collaboration with industry, is delivering the right platforms and capabilities to our warfighters. We are maximizing the availability and throughput of these assets, from initial design and production to ongoing maintenance and operations. We are actively working with our partners and suppliers within the defense industrial base to secure the long-term health and resilience of the vital businesses and infrastructure needed to ensure our ships, aircraft, and ground equipment remain ready to defend our nation and its interests abroad. Strengthening Shipbuilding & the Maritime Industrial Base – Allies and Partners 2025 3-2 FY 2026 Department of the Navy Budget INTERNAL U.S. PARTNERS While the Navy and Marine Corps team stands ready to protect the seas, the challenge of rebuilding our Nation’s shipbuilding industry is a major national security imperative and Presidential priority for the U.S. Navy. The Department aggressively seeks to improve and accelerate ship construction, prioritizing modernization, and expanding the capacity of our maritime industrial base, forged by a new path that enhances our naval capabilities at the speed of relevance. Our Department is committed to partnering with industry to deliver new platforms and improve our ability to maintain existing platforms underpinning the future of naval force capabilities. As an example of the DON’s commitment to our industry partners, t