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AGM-183 ARRW confirmed for procurement according to that doc. F-47 and B-21 have big amounts of funding, and B-21 is moving into LRIP.
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Here is said chart:
To your question, only one Virginia-class SSN has been launched this year to date, with two having been launched in 2024. Here are the launch dates for the Block IV boats to date:
SSN-792: 03-2019
SSN-793: 06-2020
SSN-794: 02-2021
SSN-795: 08-2021
SSN-796: 04-2022
SSN-797: 08-2023
SSN-798: 02-2024
SSN-799: 08-2024
SSN-800: 07-2025
SSN-801: ---
These dates are as per the , excepting that for SSN-800 as the NVR has yet to be updated to reflect that recent milestone. The Wikipedia article on Virginia-class submarines is listing christening dates as launch dates for roughly a half-dozen boats.
The final Block IV boat, SSN-801, is scheduled to be christened October 25, 2025. Across the Block IV boats that have both christening and launch dates, the latter occurs on average five months after the former, though the gap has been as little as one month in the case of SSN-795, and as much as nine months in the case of SSN-798.
SSN-797 is the latest boat to have been delivered to the Navy and commissioned into service.
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Thanks for taking the time to put together this excellent data! Really appreciate the work!
Thanks a lot. I'm all in favor of getting rid of old gear that doesn't serve much purpose any more. This frees up funds and resources that can go to something more useful. Case in point: the F-15C/Ds. These are ancient airframes that have very low readiness and low utility. The USAF doesn't have many any more but even the ones they still have should have been gone a decade ago. The A-10 has surprisingly high readiness, but its inability to survive in any battlefield without total air superiority means that it's the kind of plane the USAF shouldn't be operating any more.
But it's not all good news though. The E-7 is probably the most important plane that was in development, and if it dies, the USAF will lose so much capability. It doesn't have all that many E-3s any more and the ones still left are running on ancient hardware and software. They should have been replaced ages ago, but they're still indispensible.
Another tidbit is that the USAF is planning to upgrade Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, but there's nothing about expanding any of the Philippines bases. It's possible that the infrastructre there just isn't suitable for what the US needs.
And then there's this:
Are they kidding? The AMRAAM is the most important missile in the USAF arsenal, and they're ordering fewer than 500 of them? The USAF is supposed to have over 1700 fighters in 2026, and they're only building one AMRAAM for every 3 and a half fighters! I hope they don't plan to get into a fight against someone who actually has an air force.