Navy DDG-1000 and DDG-51 Destroyer Programs: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress

Abstract

The Navy's proposed FY2010 budget requests $1,084.2 million to complete the cost of a third Zumwalt (DDG-1000) class destroyer that was authorized but only partially funded in FY2009, and $309.6 million in additional procurement funds to cover cost growth on the first two DDG-1000s, which were authorized in FY2007 and funded in FY2007-FY2008. The Navy estimates the combined procurement cost of the first two DDG-1000s at $6,634.2 million, or an average of $3,317.1 million each, and the procurement cost of the third ship at $2,738.3 million. The Navy's proposed FY2010 budget requests $539 million in research and development funding for the DDG-1000 program. The Navy's proposed FY2010 budget requests $1,912.3 million to help complete the cost of an Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class Aegis destroyer to be procured in FY2010. The ship received $199.4 million in FY2009 advance procurement funding. The Navy estimates the total cost of this ship at $2,240.3 million. On April 6, 2009, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced a number of Department of Defense (DoD) decisions regarding DoD's proposed FY2010 defense budget. Among these was a decision to end the DDG-1000 program at three ships and restart procurement of DDG-51 destroyers. Potential issues for Congress include the merits of DoD's decision to halt DDG-1000 procurement and restart DDG-51 procurement; the status of a proposal made by John Young, then-DoD acquisition executive, on January 2009, to begin procuring in FY2012 a ship called the Future Surface Combatant (FSC) that could be based on either the DDG-51 design or the DDG-1000 design; whether to complete the procurement funding for a third DDG-1000 in FY2010; whether to continue with the construction of the second DDG-1000; whether to fund the procurement of one or two DDG-51s in FY2010; and whether to build the second and third DDG-1000s to a modified design featuring additional missile-launch tubes in place of the DDG-1000's Advanced Gun Systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 04, 2009
Accession Number
ADA500951

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People

  • Ronald O'Rourke

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

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  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Antisubmarine Warfare
  • Arleigh Burke Class
  • Boats
  • Combat Areas
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Engineers
  • Guided Missile Ships
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Vessels (Combatant)
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects

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