Coast Guard Deepwater Program: Background and Issues for Congress

Abstract

The Integrated Deepwater Systems (IDS) program, or Deepwater program for short, is a project to replace and modernize the Coast Guard's aging fleet of deepwater-capable ships and aircraft. It is the largest and most complex acquisition effort in Coast Guard history. The Coast Guard's FY2007 budget requests $934.431 million for the program. The House-reported version of H.R. 5441, the FY2007 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill, recommends $892.64 million for the Deepwater program; the Senate-reported version recommends $993.631. The issue for Congress is whether to approve, reject, or modify the Administration's funding requests and overall approach for the program.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 06, 2006
Accession Number
ADA456163

Entities

People

  • Ronald O'Rourke

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Border Security
  • Coast Guard
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Governments
  • Helicopters
  • Homeland Security
  • House Of Representatives
  • Information Systems
  • National Security
  • Program Management
  • Security
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting