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 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 CG X Cruiser Program written by Ronald O'Rourke and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report that provides background information on the U.S. Navy's CG(X) program as it existed prior to its proposed cancellation.

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: Navy CG(X) Cruiser Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress Congressional Research Service Summary The Navy is currently developing technologies and studying design options for a planned new cruiser called the CG(X). The Navy wants to procure CG(X)s as replacements for its 22 Ticonderoga (CG-47) class Aegis cruisers, which are projected to reach their retirement age of 35 years between 2021 and 2029. The Navy wants CG(X)s to be highly capable ships, particularly in the areas of anti-air warfare (AAW) and ballistic missile defense (BMD). Although the Navys FY2009 budget called for procuring the first CG(X) in FY2011, press reports since late-2008 have stated that the Navy intends to defer procurement of the first CG(X) by several years, most likely to FY2017, apparently to provide more time to design the ship and mature the radar technology to be used on the ship. On April 6, 2009, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced a number of Department of Defense (DOD) decisions concerning DODs proposed FY2010 defense budget. Among these was a decision to delay the CG-X next generation cruiser program to revisit both the requirements and acquisition strategy for the program. Gates announcement is broadly consistent with press reports about ...

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Download or read book Navy CG X Cruiser Design Options Background and Oversight Issues for Congress written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The CG(X) cruiser is the Navy's planned replacement for its 22 existing Ticonderoga (CG-47) class Aegis-equipped cruisers, which are projected to reach retirement age between 2021 and 2029. The CG-47s are multimission ships with an emphasis on air defense. The Navy wants the CG(X) to be a multimission ship with an emphasis on air defense and ballistic missile defense (BMD). The Navy's planned 313-ship fleet calls for a total of 19 CG(X)s. The Navy would like to use the design of its new DDG-1000 destroyer as the basis for its planned CG(X) cruiser. Ships based on other hull designs are possible. Nuclear propulsion is an option being studied for the CG(X).

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.

Download or read book Navy DD X CG X and LCS Ship Acquisition Programs Oversight Issues and Options for Congress written by Ronald O'Rourke and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 92 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 $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), 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 $240.5 million in research and development funding to build the second LCS, $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) issued a decision deferring as premature a Navy proposal to hold 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 would effectively prohibit such a competition.

Download or read book Navy DDG 1000 DD X CG X and LCS Ship Acquisition Programs Oversight Issues and Options for Congress written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Navy wants to procure three new classes of surface combatants the DDG- 1000 (formerly DD(X)) destroyer, the CG(X) cruiser, and a smaller surface combatant called the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) The Navy wants to procure 7 DDG-l000s, 19 CG(X)s, and 55 LCSs The first two DDG-1000s are to be procured in FY2007, with each ship being split-funded (i.e., incrementally funded) across FY2007 and FY2008. The estimated cost of each ship is $3,291 million, for a total of $6,582 million. The FY2007 budget requests $2,568 million in procurement funding for the two ships. The Navy estimates that the next three DDG-1000s will cost an average of roughly $2.5 billion each. The Navy wants to procure the first CG(X) in FY2011.

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.

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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 Navy DDG 1000 DD X and CG X Programs written by Ronald O'Rourke and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Navy wants to procure three new classes of surface combatants - the DDG-1000 (formerly DD(X)) destroyer, the CG(X) cruiser, and a smaller surface combatant called the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The Navy wants to procure 7 DDG-1000s, 19 CG(X)s, and 55 LCSs.

Download or read book Navy DD X GC X and LCS Ship Acquisition Programs Oversight Issues and Options for Congress written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 104 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 finding for the DD(X) program $666 million for the first DD(X), which is planned for procurement in FY2007 and 550 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 $6l3.3 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 proposal to hold 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.

Download or read book Navy Littoral Combat Ship LCS Program written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Navy is procuring a new type of surface combatant called the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The Navy substantially restructured the LCS program in 2007 in response to significant cost growth and schedule delays in the program. The Navy's proposed FY2009 budget requests $920 million in procurement funding for the procurement of two LCSs, which would be the fourth and fifth ships in the restructured LCS program. The LCS is a small, fast, relatively inexpensive combat ship that is to be equipped with modular "plug-and-fight" mission packages, including unmanned vehicles (UVs). The basic version of the LCS, without any mission packages, is referred to as the LCS sea frame. The Navy wants to procure a total of 55 LCSs. Congress originally funded a total of six LCS sea frames (LCSs 1 through 6) in the FY2005, FY2006, and FY2007 defense budgets. In 2007, as Congress was considering the proposed FY2008 defense budget, the Navy canceled LCSs 3 though 6 as part of its restructuring of the program, leaving only LCSs 1 and 2 under construction. As part of its final action on the FY2008 defense budget, Congress did the following: accepted the Navy's cancellation of LCSs 3 through 6; funded the procurement one additional LCS in FY2008 (LCS-5); significantly reduced the Navy's FY2008 funding request for the LCS program; amended the LCS sea frame unit procurement cost cap; required the Navy to use fixed-price-type contracts for the construction of LCSs procured in FY2008 and subsequent years; criticized the execution of the LCS program; expressed concerns for the program; and expressed support for continuing with the program in restructured form. The issue for Congress for FY2009 is whether to approve, reject, or modify the Navy's restructured LCS program. The LCS program raises potential oversight issues for Congress relating to cost growth, total program acquisition cost, procurement cost cap, technical risk, and operational evaluation and competition for production.

Download or read book Navy DDG 1000 Destroyer Program Background Oversight Issues and Options for Congress written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Navy is procuring a new kind of destroyer called the DDG-1000. The ship was earlier called the DD(X). Navy plans call for procuring a total of seven DDG-1000s. The first two were procured in FY2007 using split funding in FY2007 and FY2008. The Navy estimates their combined procurement cost at $6,325 million. This figure includes about $1.9 billion in detailed design/non-recurring engineering (DD/NRE) costs for the entire DDG-1000 class. The Navy wants to procure the third DDG-1000 in FY2009; the Navy estimates its procurement cost at $2,653 million. The ship received $150 million in advance procurement funding in FY2008, and the Navy's proposed FY2009 budget requests the remaining $2,503 million. The Navy's proposed FY2009 budget also requests $51 million in advance procurement funding for the fourth DDG-1000, which the Navy wants to procure in FY2010. The House Armed Services Committee, in its report (H. Rept. 110-652 of May 16, 2008) on the FY2009 defense authorization bill (H.R. 5658), recommended reducing the Navy's request for FY2009 DDG-1000 procurement funding from $2,503 million to zero, and increasing the Navy's FY2009 request for DDG-1000 advance procurement funding from $51 million to $400 million. The report states that the $400 million is to be used either for construction of DDG-1000s or for restarting construction of Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class destroyers, which were last procured in FY2005. The Senate Armed Services Committee, in its report (S. Rept. 110-335 of May 12, 2008) on the FY2009 defense authorization bill (S. 3001), recommended approval of the Navy's requests for FY2009 procurement and advance procurement funding for the DDG-1000 program. The DDG-1000 program raises several potential oversight issues for Congress, including the accuracy of Navy cost estimates for the program, program affordability and cost effectiveness, technical risk, and the program's potential implications for the shipbuilding industrial base.

Download or read book Navy DDG 1000 and DDG 51 Destroyer Programs Background Oversight Issues and Options for Congress written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a July 31, 2008, hearing before the Seapower and Expeditionary Forces subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee, Navy officials announced a major change in the service's position on what kind of destroyers it wants to procure over the next several years: The Navy officials testified that the service no longer wants to procure additional Zunwalt (DDG-1000) class destroyers, and instead now wants to restart procurement of Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) destroyers. Prior to changing its position, the Navy had wanted to continue procuring DDG- 1000s, and did not want to procure any more DDG-51 Navy plans had called for procuring a total of seven DDG-1000s. The first two were procured in FY2007, and the Navy's proposed FY2009 budget, submitted to Congress in February 2008, requested finding for a third. The three DDG-51s procured in FY2005 were to have been the final ships in the DDG-51 program, and Navy budgets since FY2006 have included funding for closing out the DDG-51 program. Until the July 31 hearing, the Navy for several years had stressed the need for procuring additional DDG-1000s, defended the DDG-1000 program against various criticisms, and rejected proposals for stopping DDG-1000 procurement and for resuming procurement of DDG-51s.