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 Coast Guard's proposed FY2006 budget requests $966 million for the program. On March 25, 2005, the Coast Guard submitted to Congress a revised implementation plan for the program. Some Members of Congress have criticized the plan on several grounds. On May 17, 2005, the House passed, 424-1, H.R. 2360, the FY2006 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill. The bill reduces the Deepwater funding request to $500 million. This report will be updated as events warrant.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 19, 2005
Accession Number
ADA472605

Entities

People

  • Ronald O'Rourke

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Coast Guard
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Governments
  • Helicopters
  • Homeland Security
  • Maritime Security
  • National Security
  • Port Security
  • Security
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security