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.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2017
Source ID
0604567N_5_1319_PB_2017
Change Summary Explanation
Decrease in Ship Contract Design/Live Fire T&E by $0.565 million as required for the Department of the Navy to comply with the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. Cost/Funding: Project 2465: Funding increase is to support for LHA 6 LFT&E Requirements. Project 3179: Realigned FY 15 funding from Project 2465 to support increased Design for Affordability efforts on CVN 79 Project 3108: Added additional funding for CVN 78-class cost reduction efforts Project 3374: Beginning in FY 2017, efforts previously financed under the National Sealift Defense Fund (NDSF) BA 04, Project 3110 (Maritime Prepositioning Force Future) are financed under this program element. FY 2015 NDSF BA 04 Project 3110 amount: $8.454M. FY 2016 NDSF BA 04 Project 3110 amount: $1.768M. This project is not a new start.
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cvn-79 Uss John F. Kennedy
  • Cybersecurity
  • Developmental Tests
  • Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems
  • Logistics
  • Navy
  • Performance Tests
  • Procurement
  • System Software
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Uss Gerald R. Ford
  • Vulnerability

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

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

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