Coast Guard Deepwater Program: Background and Issues for Congress

Abstract

The Deepwater program is a 20- to 25-year acquisition effort to replace or modernize 93 aging Coast Guard ships and 207 aging Coast Guard aircraft. The program's estimated total acquisition cost is $19 billion to $24 billion. On March 25, 2005, the Coast Guard submitted to Congress a revised implementation plan for the program that alters the planned capabilities and numbers of Deepwater assets and the schedule for acquiring or modernizing them. Some Members of Congress have criticized the revised implementation plan. The Coast Guard's proposed FY2006 budget requests $966 million for the program. This report will be updated as events warrant.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA472603

Entities

People

  • Ronald O'Rourke

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Coast Guard
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Maritime Security
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Port Security
  • Procurement
  • Security
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security