The United States Navy is making efforts that could help begin construction of the Trump-class battleship by 2028, according to reports. The Navy has also been in talks with two different vendors for the battleship’s design process.
In December 2025, US President Donald Trump announced the Navy’s intent to develop a new class of American-designed, 30,000 to 40,000-ton large surface combatants, or battleships.
Called the Trump-class battleships, these vessels are expected to be employed to meet the realities of modern maritime conflict.
Reports have revealed that the Navy is seeking nearly $1 billion in FY27 for the Trump-class battleship.
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan confirmed that the Navy is already in talks with vendors about the design.
“We have been talking to two different vendors as we speak right now, and then it’ll be a function of how we get through that design process with them, and then their capacity in their yards, what we think they can do,” said Secretary of the Navy John Phelan .
“Because we’re looking to really get moving on this and lay the keel in 2028.
The proposed budget would include $1 billion in advance funds to begin work on the 30,000-ton battleship. It would receive another $837 million in research-and-development funds. The Navy would ask for $17 billion in procurement funds for the battleship next year. Plans call for three battleships in all, with the second bought for $13 billion in FY 2030 and the third for $11.5 billion in FY 2031, reported Breaking Defense.
In total, the service wants to procure 34 ships in FY27. Specifically, the Navy is seeking to procure one Columbia-class submarine, two Virginia-class submarines, one Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, one America-class amphibious assault ship, a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, six medium landing ships, and one frigate in FY27, among others, reported Stars and Stripes.
The new Trump-class of ships — which the president earlier said will contribute to a new “golden fleet” of advanced warships — are currently in the design phase, with construction of the first battleship, the USS Defiant, targeted for the early 2030s.
The new Trump-class battleships will replace the Navy’s previous plans to develop a new class of destroyer, the DDG(X). However, the sea service intends to incorporate the capabilities it had planned to employ on that platform into the new Trump-class ships.
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