DOD Acquisition: Case Study of the Navy DDG-51 Guided Missile Destroyer Program

Abstract

The Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and its Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management asked GAO to examine the capabilities of the program manager and contracting officer in weapon systems acquisition. As part of this study, GAO examined 17 new major weapon system programs in their initial stages of development. These case studies document the history of the programs and are being made available for informational purposes. In October 1979, the DDGX program office (later called the DDG-51) was established m the Naval Sea Systems Command and a military program manager was appointed. With 9 years of deputy and program manager acquisition experience, he had worked on the earlier development stages of the ship's design. His formal education included degrees m engineering and nuclear physics. The program manager's role was to ensure the adequacy of the planning, direction, control, and utilization of program resources and support. A contracting officer, a Navy commander, was also assigned to the program in 1979.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 25, 1986
Accession Number
AD1173367

Entities

People

  • Frank C. Conahan

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Contract Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Engineering
  • Guided Missiles
  • Marine Engineering
  • Military Acquisition
  • Naval Architecture
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Ship Design
  • Shipbuilding
  • Systems Engineering
  • Training
  • Uss Arleigh Burke
  • Uss Ramage

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.