Navy Dd(X), Cg(X), And Lcs Ship Acquisition Programs: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress

By O’Rourke, Ronald

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Title:	Navy Dd(X), Cg(X), And Lcs Ship Acquisition Programs: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress
Author:	O’Rourke, Ronald
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Introduction: 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.

Table of Contents
Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Surface Combatants in the Navy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Surface Combatant Force-Structure Goal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Surface Combatant Industrial Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Surface Combatant Acquisition Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Oversight Issues for Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Oversight Issues For Force-Structure Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Oversight Issues For DD(X) and CG(X) Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Oversight Issues For LCS Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Options for Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Options for DD(X) and CG(X) Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Options for LCS Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Legislative Activity on DD(X) and LCS Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 DD(X) Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 LCS Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Appendix A. Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Appendix B. Navy Testimony Supporting LCS as Best Approach . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Navy Testimony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Journal Articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Appendix C. CBO and CSBA Studies Questioning LCS as Best Approach . . . . 86 CBO Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 May 2003 CSBA Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Journal Articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89