Navy DD(X), CG(X), and LCS Ship Acquisition Programs: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress
Abstract
The Navy in FY2006 and future years wants to procure three new classes of surface combatants a destroyer called the DD(X), a cruiser called the CG(X), and a smaller surface combatant called the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Congress in FY2005 funded the procurement of the first LCS and provided advance procurement funding for the first DD(X), which the Navy wants to procure in FY2007. The FY2006-FY2011 Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP) reduces planned DD(X) procurement to one per year in FY2007-FY2011 and accelerates procurement of the first CG(X) to FY2011. The FY2006 budget requests $716 million in advance procurement funding for the DD(X) program $666 million for the first DD(X), which is planned for procurement in FY2007, and $50 million for the second DD(X), which is planned for procurement in FY2008 and $1,115 million for DD(X)/CG(X) research and development. The budget requests $613.3 million for the LCS program, including $576.5 million in research and development funding $240.5 million to build the second LCS, and $336.0 million in additional research and development funding and $36.8 million in procurement funding for LCS mission modules. On April 20, 2005, Department of Defense (DOD) deferred as premature a Navy proposal to hold a one-time, winner-take-all competition between Northrop Grumman's Ship System Division (NGSS) and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (GD/BIW) for the right to build all DD(X)s. The Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for 2005 (H.R. 1268/P.L. 109-13) contains a provision (Sec. 1019) that effectively prohibits such a competition.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 24, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA472865
Entities
People
- Ronald O'Rourke
Organizations
- Library of Congress