Navy Ship Acquisition: Options for Lower-Cost Ship Designs - Issues for Congress

Abstract

Rising procurement costs for Navy ships have recently emerged as a mailer of concern for both Navy officials and some Members of Congress who track Navy-related issues. Combined with constraints on ship-procurement funding, these rising costs have caused the Navy to reduce planned ship procurement rates. The issue for Congress is how to respond to rising Navy ship procurement costs. Aside from reducing planned ship procurement rates, options include increasing annual ship- procurement funding, modifying how Navy ships are funded in the budget, making greater use of multiyear procurement (MYP), and changing the acquisition strategy for certain Navy ships. Another option, particularly if the previous options are not implemented or prove insufficient, would be to reduce Navy ship procurement costs by shifting from currently planned designs to designs with lower unit procurement costs. This report focuses on this option.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 11, 2005
Accession Number
ADA472586

Entities

People

  • Ronald O'Rourke

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Attack Submarines
  • Boats
  • Flight Decks
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Nuclear Powered Ships
  • Nuclear Powered Submarines
  • Nuclear Propulsion
  • Procurement
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Tilt Rotor Aircraft
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting