Navy CG(X) Cruiser Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress

Abstract

The Navy is currently developing technologies and studying design options for a planned new cruiser called the CG(X). Navy plans call for procuring the first CG(X) in FY2011, at an estimated cost of about $3.2 billion, and 18 more CG(X)s in FY2013 and subsequent years. The 19 planned CG(X)s are intended to replace the Navy s 22 existing Ticonderoga (CG-47) class Aegis cruisers. The Navy wants the CG(X) to be a highly capable multi-mission ship with an emphasis on air defense and ballistic missile defense (BMD). The context for the CG(X) program includes concerns about the affordability of the Navy s shipbuilding program, the emergence of the Navy s new ballistic missile defense (BMD) mission, interest among some in Congress in having the CG(X) be nuclear-powered, and concerns for the surface combatant industrial base. The Navy s proposed FY2009 budget requests $370 million for research and development work on the CG(X). The Navy s proposed FY2009 budget does not request any advance procurement funding for the first CG(X). Under normal budgeting procedures, a nuclear-powered CG(X) procured in FY2011 would be funded with several hundred million dollars in FY2009 advance procurement funding for purchasing long-lead time components, including nuclear propulsion components. The Navy in the past has expressed interest in basing the CG(X) design on the hull design of the Navy s new Zumwalt (DDG-1000) class destroyer. Two DDG- 1000s have been procured, and the Navy wants to procure a third in FY2009. At a March 6, 2008, hearing before the House Armed Services Committee on the Department of the Navy s FY2009 budget, certain committee members indicated that they are considering the option of not procuring additional DDG-1000s and instead procuring additional Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class Aegis destroyers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 21, 2008
Accession Number
ADA480732

Entities

People

  • Ronald O'Rourke

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Air Defense
  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Boats
  • Congress
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Engineers
  • Ford-Class
  • Littoral Combat Ships
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Nuclear Powered Ships
  • Nuclear Powered Submarines
  • Nuclear Propulsion
  • Procurement
  • Propulsion Systems

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  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting