Coast Guard Deepwater Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress

Abstract

The Integrated Deepwater Systems (IDS) program, or Deepwater program for short, is a $24-billion, 25-year project to replace and modernize the Coast Guard's aging fleet of deepwater-capable ships and aircraft. It is the largest and most complex acquisition effort in Coast Guard history, encompassing 91 new cutters, 124 new small surface craft, and 244 new or converted airplanes, helicopters, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The Deepwater program has received a total of about $4.4 billion through FY2007, including about $1.14 billion in FY2007. For FY2008, the Coast Guard requested $836.9 million in new appropriations and the rescission of$48.8 million in prior-year appropriations for the program, for a net total request of $788.1 million.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 10, 2007
Accession Number
ADA473795

Entities

People

  • Ronald O'Rourke

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Business Administration
  • Coast Guard
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • National Security
  • Naval Architecture
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy