The Columbia (SSBN-826) class program is a program to design and build a class of 12 new ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) to replace the Navys current force of 14 aging Ohio-class SSBNs. The Navy has identified the Columbia-class program as the Navys top priority program. The Navy wants to procure the first Columbia-class boat in FY2021. Research and development work on the program has been underway for several years, and advance procurement (AP) funding for the first boat began in FY2017. The Navys proposed FY2021 budget requests $2,891.5 million (i.e., about $2.9 billion) in procurement funding, $1,123.2 million (i.e., about $1.1 billion) in advance procurement (AP) funding, and $397.3 million in research and development funding for the program.
Navy Columbia (SSBN-826) Class Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress
2020
60 pages
Report
No indication
English
Marine Engineering , Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Naval operations , Navy , Boats , Fleet ballistic missiles , Marine transportation , Nuclear propulsion , Naval warfare , United states strategic command , Engineers , Ballistic missile submarines , Fabrication , Attack submarines , Employment , Shipbuilding , Strategic weapons , Nuclear powered submarines , Submarine warfare , Warfare , Assembly , Ballistic missiles