The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is a small, fast ship that uses 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 first LCS was procured in FY2005, another three were procured in FY2006, and two more were procured in FY2007. The Navy's proposed FY2008 budget, submitted to Congress in February 2007, requested $910.5 million in procurement funding for three more LCSs. Navy plans call for procuring a total of 55 LCSs. In response to significant cost growth in the building of the first LCSs that was first reported in January 2007, the Navy in March 2007 announced a proposed plan for restructuring the LCS program. The plan would: * cancel the two LCSs funded in FY2007 (LCSs 5 and 6) and use the funding to pay for cost overruns on LCSs 1 through 4; * lift the Navy's stop-work order on LCS- 3 -provided that the Navy reached an agreement by about April 12 with the industry team building LCS-3 (a team led by Lockheed) to restructure the contract that the Lockheed team has for building LCSs 1 and 3 from a costplus type contract into a fixed price incentive (FPI)-type contract; * alternatively, terminate construction of LCS-3 -if an agreement on a restructured contract for LCS-1 and LCS-3 cannot be reached with the Lockheed team by April 12; * seek to restructure the contract for building LCSs 2 and 4 (which are being built by a second industry team led by General Dynamics) into an FPI-type contract-if LCSs 2 and 4 experience cost growth comparable to that experienced on LCSs 1 and 3; * reduce the number of LCSs requested for FY2008 from 3 to 2, and the number to be requested for FY2009 from 6 to 3; * perform a down select-that is, select a favored design for the LCS to be procured in FY2010 and subsequent years; and * conduct a full and open competition among bidders for the right to build that design.


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    Titel :

    Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress


    Beteiligte:
    R. O'Rourke (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2007


    Format / Umfang :

    42 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch