The Department of the Navy (DON) has several efforts underway to transform U.S. naval forces to prepare them for future military challenges. The Navy has organized these efforts under a conceptual framework called Sea Power 21. Key elements of naval transformation include a focus on operating in littoral waters, network-centric operations, use of unmanned vehicles, reducing personnel requirements, directly launching and supporting expeditionary operations ashore from sea bases, new kinds of naval formations, new ship- deployment approaches, and streamlined and reformed business practices. Naval transformation poses several potential issues for Congress.
Naval Transformation: Background and Issues for Congress
2005
7 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch