The Navy plans to spend about $28 billion to buy 55 Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) and at least 64 interchangeable mission packages to perform one of three missions--mine countermeasures, antisubmarine warfare, and surface warfare--in waters close to shore. The Navy has been developing two different LCS seaframes and plans to select one for production in 2010. Due to the small 78-person crew size--40 core crew, 23 for aviation detachment, and typically 15 for mission packages--the Navy is developing new concepts for personnel, training, and maintenance. GAO was asked to assess the extent to which the Department of Defense (DOD) has (1) estimated LCS long-term operating and support costs and (2) developed plans to operate and support LCS. To do so, GAO compared Navy cost estimates to DOD guidance and GAO best practices; and analyzed Navy plans to implement its concepts for personnel, training, and maintenance and the extent these plans included assessments of program risk.
Littoral Combat Ship: Actions Needed to Improve Operating Cost Estimates and Mitigate Risks in Implementing New Concepts
2010
50 pages
Report
No indication
English
Geology & Geophysics , Civil Engineering , Dynamic Oceanography , Marine Engineering , Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Antisubmarine Warfare , Military vessels , Operating costs , Best practices , Cost analysis , Defense capabilites , Defense procurement , Employee training , Risk assessment , Strategic planning , Weapons systems , Naval operations , Littoral Combat Ship
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