ABSTRACT

AMI International’s forecasts are based on an open-source and all-source assessment of what navies are actually purchasing and are forecasted to purchase over the next 20 years. We segment out by ship type, and that introduces some flexibility and ambiguity, as the definition of what constitutes ship types such as corvettes, frigates, and destroyers are increasingly broad and overlapping. This may skew the picture of the market a bit, but does not alter the larger trends in fleet development that we are tracking.