Navy CVNX Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress

Abstract

The Administration s proposed FY2003 defense budget requests $243.7 million in advanced procurement funding for CVNX-1, an aircraft carrier that the Navy plans to procure in FY2007. The FY2003 budget request includes additional research and development funding for the ship. The Navy plans to gradually evolve the design of its aircraft carriers by introducing new technologies into CVN-77 (an aircraft carrier procured in FY2001), CVNX-1, and CVNX-2 (a carrier planned for procurement around FY2011). The Navy estimates that CVNX-1 will cost $2.54 billion to develop and $7.48 billion to procure, bringing its total acquisition (development plus procurement) cost to $10.02 billion. The Navy estimates that CVNX-2 will cost $1.29 billion to develop and $7.49 billion to procure, for a total acquisition cost of $8.78 billion. A Defense Science Board task force is currently assessing how aircraft carriers should serve the nation s needs in the 21st century; it is to report its findings by the end of March 2002. This report will be updated as events warrant.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 19, 2002
Accession Number
ADA472849

Entities

People

  • Ronald O'Rourke

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Aircrafts
  • Carrier Based Aircraft
  • Catapult-Assisted Takeoff Systems
  • Flight Decks
  • Naval Aviation
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Navy Aircraft
  • Nimitz-Class
  • Procurement
  • Ships
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Uss George H.W. Bush

Fields of Study

  • Business

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting