Admiral Gilday said the US Navy needed a lot of money to develop technology and complete its plan to own a fleet of 355 warships.

"In short, we need more money. The government agrees that the US Navy must develop. We have to pursue unmanned technologies, need to solve technological difficulties and related policies instead. because of evading, "Admiral Michael Gilday, chief of staff of the US Navy, said at the US Navy's Association symposium on 14 January in Arlington, Virginia.

The statement was made by Admiral Gilday in the context of the White House is about to submit to the US Congress a proposed defense budget of 2021 at 740 billion USD. US Navy leaders next week will issue a review of the new force structure, which suggests increasing the fleet size from the current 293 ships to 355 ships by 2030.

The United States decided to strengthen its naval fleet to cope with China's fleet development ambition. The Chinese navy plans to add six more ships in December, bringing the total number of Chinese warships to 300.

Gidlay said the main focus of the US Navy was building Columbia-class nuclear submarines to replace the Ohio-class. The Columbia-class submarine project currently accounts for 20-25% of the US Navy's warship production budget and could increase to 30% by 2020.

"We want a larger navy but not an unrealistic name. There are difficult options but requiring a fleet expansion to 335 or more requires increased naval budget priority," Gilday said. .

The US Congressional Budget Office in May 2017 announced plans to increase the number of naval battleships to 355. Additional ships include an aircraft carrier, 16 cruisers and destroyers, 18 attack submarines, 7 amphibious ships and 12 support ships. The US Navy will have to buy 329 ships in the next 30 years and spend $ 102 billion per year for the expansion of the fleet.