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Crs Report for Congress: Navy Ddg-1000 (Dd(x)), CG(X), and Lcs Ship Acquisition Programs: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress: August 14,
Congressional Research Service the Libr
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Ronald O'Rourke
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Crs Report for Congress: Navy Ddg-1000 (Dd(x)), CG(X), and Lcs Ship Acquisition Programs: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress: August 14, - O'Rourke, Ronald ; Congressional Research Service the Libr
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Synopsis "Crs Report for Congress: Navy Ddg-1000 (Dd(x)), CG(X), and Lcs Ship Acquisition Programs: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress: August 14,"
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. 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. The first LCS was procured in FY2005, three more were procured in FY2006, and the Navy's proposed FY2007 budget requests $521 million to procure two additional ships. The Navy's FY2007 unfunded requirements list (URL) -- its "wish list" of items desired but not included in the FY2007 budget -- includes an additional two LCSs for an additional $520 million. The DDG-1000/CG(X) and LCS programs raise several oversight issues for Congress, including the affordability of the DDG-1000/CG(X) program and the acquisition ...
