U.S. Navy Unveils $65.8 Billion Shipbuilding Push to Launch Trump’s ‘Golden Fleet’

The Department of the Navy has released its Fiscal Year 2027 Shipbuilding Plan, laying out a sweeping 30-year strategy to expand the fleet, overhaul naval acquisition, and revive the U.S. maritime industrial base under the Trump administration’s “Golden Fleet” initiative.

The plan calls for a $65.8 billion FY2027 shipbuilding investment and requests funding for 34 manned ships and five unmanned platforms in FY2027 alone. Across the five-year defense plan, the Navy is seeking 122 ships and 63 unmanned platforms, marking one of the most ambitious naval expansion plans in decades.

“The United States is at a strategic inflection point, and