The TRIDENT submarine and missile fleet will replace the POLARIS/POSEIDON ballistic missile fleet. GAO's cost estimate for 21 and 29 TRIDENT submarines exceed the Navy's $30 and $40 billion estimates by $7 and $10 billion, respectively. The ship contractor--Electric Boat--is experiencing a continuing cash drain problem. Claims against the Navy for $544 million are still in the settlement process. Productivity, manpower, and material problems at the contractor's facility continue. Delivery of the first submarine continues to slip. The Congress should require detailed cost estimates for each alternative TRIDENT force size the Navy is considering. The Secretary of Defense should report the situation at Electric Boat to the Congress.
The Navy's TRIDENT Fleet--Some Success but Several Major Problems
1978
42 pages
Report
No indication
English
Marine Engineering , Production Planning & Process Controls , Ballistic missile submarines , Production management , Contractors , Productivity , Manpower , Scheduling , Slippage(Delay) , Underwater communication , Extremely low radio frequencies , Cost analysis , Cost estimates , Trident submarines , Trident missiles
Options for the Navy's Future Fleet
NTIS | 2006
Options for the Navy's Future Fleet
NTIS | 2006
|Options for the Navy's Future Fleet
NTIS | 2006
Options for the Navy's Future Fleet
NTIS | 2006