The Navy in recent years has been developing technologies and studying design options for a planned new cruiser called the CG(X). The Navy has wanted 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 has wanted the CG(X) to be a highly capable ship, particularly in the areas of anti-air warfare (AAW) and ballistic missile defense (BMD). The Navy's FY2009 budget called for procuring the first CG(X) in FY2011. Beginning in late- 2008, however, it was reported that the Navy had decided to defer the procurement of the first CG(X) by several years, to about FY2017. Consistent with these press reports, on April 6, 2009, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced--as part of a series of decisions concerning the Department of Defense's (DOD's) proposed FY2010 defense budget-- a decision to 'delay the CG-X next generation cruiser program to revisit both the requirements and acquisition strategy' for the program. The Navy's proposed FY2010 budget deferred procurement of the first CG(X) beyond FY2015 and requested $340 million in research and development funding for the CG(X) program. 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 integrated nuclear power systems, unless the Secretary of Defense submits a notification to Congress that the inclusion of an integrated nuclear power system is not in the national interest. The Navy has studied nuclear power as a design option for the CG(X), but has not yet announced whether it would prefer to build the CG(X) as a nuclear-powered ship.


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    Titel :

    Navy CG(X) Cruiser Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress. Updated November 20, 2009


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

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2009


    Format / Umfang :

    42 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch