Ship Contract Design/ Live Fire T&E

Abstract

This Program Element (PE) directly supports the Navy's Shipbuilding Plan by providing for the development of engineering, programmatic and acquisition documentation including ship specifications (including performance specifications) and contractual documentation associated with acquisition of Navy ships. This PE also supports the Congressionally mandated Live Fire Test and Evaluation (LFT&E) program for new ship designs. Contract Design has traditionally been the engineering development of the technical and contractual definition of the ship design (including ship specifications and drawings) to a level of detail sufficient for shipbuilders to make a sound estimate of the construction cost and schedule. Additionally, the contract design package developed under this PE has provided the technical baseline from which the Navy selects the shipbuilder who then develops the detail design package required to support the construction and eventual delivery of the ship. This PE also supports the development of design methodologies/tools which facilitate and optimize the transition from ship design documents to efficient production of new ships and ship conversions, and supports engineering planning and ship affordability studies. Under Acquisition Reform for new design ships, traditional distinct phasing of the design process has been replaced with a continuous concurrent engineering Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD) process extending through and after contract award. This serves to maintain the focus of multi-discipline teams consisting of the government, shipbuilder, system programs, and suppliers. Government/Industry Integrated Product Team(s) (IPTs) will utilize the IPPD process to develop the design in an Integrated Product and Data Environment (IPDE). The design approach is part of an acquisition strategy that is based on commercial practices and incorporates a phased technical definition. Project 3374 (Maritime Prepositioning Force (Future))(MPF(F)) was previously funded in the National Sealift Defense Fund Appropriation (BA 04 PE 0408042N, Project 3110 (MPF(F)). This project in FY 2015 and later is a continuation of efforts and is not a new start. NDSF BA 04 Project 3110 MPF(F) prior year amounts: FY 2013: $3.952M; FY 2014: $18.681M

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2015
Source ID
0604567N_5_1319_PB_2015
Change Summary Explanation
Cost/Funding: Reduced FY 13 funding for Sequestration reductions. Projects 1803, 2465, 3179, 3369, 4007: Reduced FY 15 funding due to the Department's decision to reduce contracted services. Projects 2465 and 3369: The FY 2015 funding for these two projects was reduced to properly phase program requirements in accordance with expenditures. Technical: Moved Hybrid Electric Drive efforts previously under project 1803 to new project 3369 starting in FY 2015. Realigned Ship to Shore Connectors projects 3133 and 3137 efforts to PE 0605220N in FY15 and out. Began funding new project 3374 (MPF(F)) which was previously funded in the NDSF Appropriation (BA 04 PE 0408042N, Project 3110 (MPF(F))
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Connectors
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Reductions
  • Cvn-79 Uss John F. Kennedy
  • Engineering
  • Fabrication
  • Flight Decks
  • Navy
  • Procurement
  • Ship Design
  • Shipbuilding
  • System Software
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Uss Gerald R. Ford

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Software Engineering

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