To conduct operations in littorals - shallow coastal waters the Navy plans to build a new class of surface warship: the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). LCS is being designed to accomplish its missions through systems operating at a distance from the ship, such as helicopters and unmanned vehicles, and that will be contained in interchangeable mission packages. The Navy is using an accelerated approach to buy the LCS, building the ships in flights. Flight 0, consisting of four ships, will provide limited capability and test the LCS concept. The schedule allows 12 months between the delivery of the first Flight 0 ship and the start of detailed design and construction for Flight 1 ships. Estimated procurement cost of the Flight 0 ships is $1.5 billion. The Congress directed GAO to review the LCS program. This report assesses the analytical basis of LCS requirements; the Navys progress in defining the concept of operations; the technical maturity of the mission packages; and the basis of recurring costs for LCS. What GAO Recommends GAO recommends that the Navy analyze the effect of larger surface threats on LCS operations, incorporate the impact of LCS into helicopter force structure, and sufficiently experiment with Flight 0 ships before selecting a Flight 1 design. The Department of Defense partially concurred with GAOs recommendations.


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    Titel :

    Defense Acquisitions: Plans Need to Allow Enough Time to Demonstrate Capability of First Littoral Combat Ships


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2005


    Format / Umfang :

    54 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch