Navy Strategic Forces: Trident II (D-5) Missile Contract Incentives

Abstract

This report responds to your request that we provide information on the Navy's Trident II (D-5) missile contract's reliability incentives and contractor/government cost-sharing arrangements. You expressed interest after the Navy experienced two D-5 missile failures in the first three sea-launched missile flight tests. The D-5 missile full-scale development and initial production contract is a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract that includes reliability and other performance and program incentives. The reliability incentive was not affected by two failed sea-launched development missile flight tests because the tests were not made during the period designated as the basis for calculating incentive fees. The contractor has received a $112-million interim payment out of possible $138.5 million total reliability incentive target.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA234843

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Costs
  • Governments
  • House Of Representatives
  • Law
  • Measurement
  • Motivation
  • National Security
  • Navy
  • Reliability
  • Sea Launched
  • Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Ballistic Missile Meteorology
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.