DEFENSE ACQUISITIONS Plans Need to Allow Enough Time to Demonstrate Capability of First Littoral Combat Ships

Abstract

The formal analysis of requirements for U.S. littoral combat operations conducted after the Navy established the LCS programexamined a number of options, such as the extent to which existing fleet assets or joint capabilities could be used. While the Navy concluded that the LCS remained the best option, it focused on LCS requirements for combating small boats. The Navy did not conduct an analysis of the impact of larger surface threats LCS may face. Such threats may increase the risk to LCS operations when no other nearby U.S. forces are available to help.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2005
Accession Number
AD1106123

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Boats
  • Command And Control
  • Congress
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Estimates
  • Lessons Learned
  • Littoral Combat Ships
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Vessels (Combatant)
  • Navy
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States Government
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • War Games
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies