Creating the Uncrewed-Centric Navy of the Mid-21st Century
The emergence of uncrewed technologies can enable the Navy to achieve greater capacity and operate in harm's way by avoiding over-concentration of combat power in too few assets.
Aircraft Carriers
Aircraft Carriers
Functioning as both warships and airbases, aircraft carriers are essential components of a nation’s military presence and power, but they are also expensive to acquire, deploy, and modernize. To inform decision making about carrier use—in combat as well as noncombat situations—RAND studies carrier availability, maintenance cycles, crew training, and other key factors.
