Download or read book Navy CG X Cruiser Program Background Oversight Issues and Options for Congress written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Navy's FY2011 budget proposes canceling the CG(X) cruiser program as unaffordable and instead building an improved version of the Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class Aegis destroyer called the Flight III version. This report provides background information on the CG(X) program as it existed prior to its proposed cancellation. For further discussion of the proposal to build Flight III DDG-51s in lieu of CG(X)s, see CRS Report RL32109, "Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for Congress." The report is divided into the following sections: Background; CG(X) Cruiser Program Prior to Proposed Cancellation, including Announcement of the Program, Replacement for CG-47s, Planned Procurement Schedule, Mission Orientation, Potential Design Features, and Analysis of Alternatives (AOA); and FY2011 Proposal to Cancel the CG(X) Program. Appendixes are as follows: Legislative Activity in 2009, FY2008 Defense Authorization Act Bill and Report Language, CG(X) Analysis of Alternatives (AOA), and Earlier Oversight Issues for the CG(X). The oversight issues included Prospects for Eight-Ship Program with One Ship Every Three Years, Nuclear Power, Technical Risk, Hull Design, Unit Affordability vs. Unit Capability, BMD Impact on CG(X) Numbers and Schedule, Industrial-Base Implications, and Visibility of CG(X) Research and Development Costs.

Download or read book Crs Report for Congress written by Congressional Research Service: The Libr and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Navy is currently developing technologies and studying design options for a planned new cruiser called the CG(X). The Navy wants to procure 19 CG(X)s as replacements for its 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 Navy has not yet announced a preferred design concept for the CG(X). Observers were expecting the Navy to announce a preferred design concept in late 2007/early 2008, but such an announcement is now expected to occur no earlier than late 2008/early 2009. The Navy originally intended to use the design of its new DDG-1000 destroyer as the basis for the CG(X) design, but it is no longer clear that this is still the Navy's preferred approach. Although the Navy's FY2009 budget calls for procuring the first CG(X) in FY2011, press reports state that the Navy may defer the scheduled procurement of the first ship to FY2015 or later. Section 1012 of the FY2008 defense authorization act (H.R. 4986/P.L. 110-181 of January 28, 2008) makes it U.S. policy to construct the major combatant ships of the Navy, including the CG(X), with ...

Download or read book Navy CG X Cruiser Program written by Ronald O'Rourke and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-06-24 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Navy's FY2011 budget proposes canceling the CG(X) program as unaffordable and instead building an improved version of the Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class Aegis destroyer called the Flight III version. This report provides background information on the CG(X) program as it existed prior to its proposed cancellation. For further discussion of the proposal to build Flight III DDG-51s in lieu of CG(X)s, see CRS Report RL32109, Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for Congress.

Download or read book Navy CG X Cruiser Program written by Ronald O'Rourke and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Navy is currently developing technologies and studying design options for a planned new cruiser called the CG(X). This report explores the reasoning behind the development of these cruisers, the budgetary actions taking place to enable their development, selected technical specifics of their design, and various other information relating to defense procurement costs.

Download or read book Navy Nuclear Powered Surface Ships written by Ronald O'Rourke and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: (1) Intro. and Issue for Congress; (2) Background: Nuclear and Conventional Power for Ships; Nuclear Power for a Surface Combatant; Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program; Current Navy Nuclear-Powered Ships; CG(X) Cruiser Program; Reactor Plant for a Nuclear-Powered CG(X); Construction Shipyards; Nuclear-Capable Shipyards; Surface Combatant Shipyards; 2006 Navy Alternative Propulsion Study; (3) Potential Issues for Congress: Cost; Development and Design Cost; Procurement Cost; Operational Effectiveness; Ship Construction; Shipyards; Nuclear-Propulsion Component Manufacturers; Environmental Impact; (4) Potential Options for Congress; (5) Legislative Activity for FY 2010. Charts and tables.

Download or read book Navy CG X Cruiser Design Options written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Navy plans call for Milestone A review of the CG(X) program in the first quarter of FY2008, preliminary design review (PDR) in the third quarter of FY2010, critical design review (CDR) in the third quarter of FY2011, and Milestone B review in the fourth quarter of FY2011. [...] Although the CG(X) AOA is examining a wide range of design options for the CG(X), the Navy has publicly stated on several occasions that it prefers a CG(X) design based on the design of its new 14,500-ton DDG-1000 destroyer. [...] The big difference [between CG(X) and DDG-1000] will likely [be] the size of the arrays for the radars; the numbers of communication apertures in the integrated deckhouse; a little bit of variation in the CIC [Combat Information Center - in other words, the] command and control center; [and] likely some variation in how many launchers of missiles you have versus the guns.3 Prospective Affordabilit [...] Some Members of Congress, particularly Representatives Gene Taylor and Roscoe Bartlett, the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Seapower and Expeditionary Forces subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee, have expressed strong interest in expanding the use of nuclear propulsion to a wider array of Navy surface ships, beginning with the CG(X).6 Nuclear propulsion is an option [...] If the CG(X) is to be a multimission ship for replacing the CG-47s, basic design options for the CG(X) include (but are not limited to) the following: ! a conventionally powered ship based on the hull design of the 9,200-ton Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class Aegis destroyer, or on a variation of that hull design; ! a conventionally powered ship based on a new-design hull that is smaller than the DDG-10.

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Download or read book Crs Report for Congress written by Congressional Research Service: The Libr and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All of the Navy's aircraft carriers, but none of its other surface ships, are nuclear-powered. Some Members of Congress, particularly on the House Armed Services Committee, have expressed interest in expanding the use of nuclear power to a wider array of Navy surface ships, starting with the CG(X), a planned new cruiser that the Navy had wanted to start procuring around FY2017. Section 1012 of the FY2008 Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4986/P.L. 110-181 of January 28, 2008) makes it U.S. policy to construct the major combatant ships of the Navy, including ships like the CG(X), with integrated nuclear power systems, unless the Secretary of Defense submits a notification to Congress that the inclusion of an integrated nuclear power system in a given class of ship is not in the national interest. The Navy studied nuclear power as a design option for the CG(X), but did not announce whether it would prefer to build the CG(X) as a nuclear-powered ship. The Navy's FY2011 budget proposes canceling the CG(X) program and instead building an improved version of the conventionally powered Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class Aegis destroyer. The cancellation of the CG(X) program would appear to leave no near-term shipbuilding program opportunities for ...

Download or read book Transforming the Navy s Surface Combatant Force written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Navy Aegis Cruiser and Destroyer Modernization written by Ronald O'Rourke and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Navy has begun a program modernize to its 84 existing Aegis cruisers and destroyers (ACD) over a period of 20 years. The program¿s estimated total cost is about $16.6 billion. The Navy¿s proposed FY 2010 budget requests $674.8 million in funding for ACD ship modernization. The modernizations are intended to ensure that the ships can be operated cost-effectively throughout their 35-year service lives. Contents of this report: (1) Intro.; (2) Background: ACD; ACD Industrial Base; Construction, and Overhaul and Repair Shipyards; Combat System Manufacturers; Shipyards Performing the Work; (3) Issues for Congress: Cost Impact of BMD Addition; Shipyards For DDG-51 Modernizations; Service Life Extension to 40 Years. Illustrations.

Download or read book Navy Littoral Combat Ship LCS Program written by Ronald O'Rourke and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The LCS is a relatively inexpensive Navy surface combatant equipped with modular ¿plug-and-fight¿ mission packages. The basic version of the LCS, without any mission packages, is referred to as the LCS sea frame. The Navy wants to field a force of 55 LCSs. Contents of this report: (1) Intro.; (2) Background: The LCS in General; Two Industry Teams, Each with Its Own Design; Planned Procurement Quantities; (3) Issues for Congress: New Acquisition Strategy Announced in 9/09; Unit Procurement Cost Cap; Total Program Acquisition Cost; (4) Legislative Activity for FY 2011. Appendices: Cost Growth on LCS Sea Frames; LCS Acquisition Strategy Announced in 9/09. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand publication.

Download or read book Crs Report for Congress written by Congressional Research Service: The Libr and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Navy is procuring a new kind of destroyer called the DDG-1000 (formerly DD(X)), and wants to procure a new kind of cruiser called the CG(X). Navy plans call for procuring 7 DDG-1000s and 19 CG(X)s between FY2007 and FY2023. The first two DDG-1000s were procured in FY2007. The Navy wants to procure the first CG(X) in FY2011 and the second in FY2013. The Navy's FY2008 budget requests $2,802 million in procurement funding to complete the Navy's estimated procurement cost for the first two DDG-1000s, which are being split-funded (i.e., incrementally funded) across FY2007 and FY2008. The Navy's combined estimated procurement cost for the two ships is $6,370 million. The two ships received $1,010 million in FY2005 and FY2006 advance procurement funding, and $2,557 million in FY2007 procurement funding. The Navy's FY2008 budget also requests $151 million in advance procurement funding for the third DDG-1000, whose procurement cost the Navy estimates at $2,563 million. The DDG-1000/CG(X) program raises several potential oversight issues for Congress, including the accuracy of Navy cost estimates for the program, the program's affordability and cost effectiveness, the acquisition strategy for the third and subsequent DDG-1000s, and the program's potential implications for the shipbuilding industrial base. Potential ...

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Download or read book Navy DD X and CG X Program Background and Issues for Congress written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The FY2006-FY2011 Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP) reduces planned DD(X) destroyer procurement to one ship per year in FY2007-FY2011 and accelerates procurement of the first CG(X) cruiser to FY2011. The Navy estimates that the first and second DD(X)s would cost more than $3 billion each to procure, including detailed design and nonrecurring engineering costs, and that subsequent DD(X)s would cost $2.2 billion to $2.6 billion each to procure. These estimates are substantially higher than last year's figures. The FY2006 budget requests $666 million in advanced procurement funding for the first DD(X), which is planned for procurement in FY2007, $50 million in advance procurement funding for the second DD(X) planned, which is planned for procurement in FY2008, and $1,115 million for DD(X)/CG(X) research and development. The Navy is considering holding 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. Several Members of Congress have expressed opposition to this idea. The Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for 2005 (H.R. 1268) as reported in the Senate contains a provision (Sec. 1119) that effectively prohibits the Navy from using a winner-take all strategy for the DD(X) program. The DD(X) and CG(X) programs pose several potential issues for Congress. For a longer discussion of the DD(X) and CG(X) programs, see CRS Report RL32l09. This report will be updated as events warrant.

Download or read book Navy DDG 1000 DD X and CG X Ship Acquisition Programs Oversight Issues and Options for Congress written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Navy is procuring a new kind of destroyer called the DDG-1000 (formerly DD(X)), and wants to procure a new kind of cruiser called the CG(X). Navy plans call for procuring 7 DDG- 1000s and 19 CG(X)s between FY2007 and FY2023. The first two DDG-1000s were procured in FY2007. The Navy wants to procure the first CG(X) in FY2011 and the second in FY2013. The Navy's FY2008 budget requests $2,802 million in procurement funding to complete the Navy's estimated procurement cost for the first two DDG-1000s, which are being split-funded (i.e., incrementally funded) across FY2007 and FY2008. The Navy's combined estimated procurement cost for the two ships is $6,370 million. The two ships received $1,010 million in FY2005 and FY2006 advance procurement funding, and $2,557 million in FY2007 procurement funding. The Navy's FY2008 budget also requests $151 million in advance procurement funding for the third DDG-1000, whose procurement cost the Navy estimates at $2,563 million. The DDG-1000/CG(X) program raises several potential oversight issues for Congress, including the accuracy of Navy cost estimates for the program, the program's affordability and cost effectiveness, the acquisition strategy for the third and subsequent DDG-1000s, and the program's potential implications for the shipbuilding industrial base. Potential options for Congress for the DDG- 1000/CG(X) program include supporting the Navy's proposed plans or curtailing the DDG-1000 and/or CG(X) programs and pursuing lower-cost alternatives to the DDG- 1000 and/or CG(X) designs. The House Armed Services Committee, in its report (H. Rept. 110-146) on the FY2008 defense authorization bill (H.R. 1585), recommended approval of the Navy's request for FY2008 procurement funding for the DDG-1000. The report recommended increasing the Navy's FY2008 request for research and development funding for the DDG-1000 program by $9 million for work on permanent magnet motor technology.

Download or read book Crs Report for Congress written by Congressional Research Service: The Libr and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 ...