Navy Needs $380 Billion Over 30 Years for Aviation Fleet: Report
A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates that the Navy would need to spend about $380 billion in 2018 dollars to maintain the current size of its aviation fleet between 2020 and 2050, or about $12.7 billion per year. Today, the Navy has a fleet of around 4,000 aircraft — 1,400 fixed-wing fighters, 1,350 helicopters/tiltrotors,…