Defense Acquisitions: Navy Faces Challenges Constructing the Aircraft Carrier Gerald R. Ford Within Budget

Defense Acquisitions: Navy Faces Challenges Constructing the Aircraft Carrier Gerald R. Ford Within Budget
ISBN-10
1976361397
ISBN-13
9781976361395
Series
Defense Acquisitions
Pages
58
Language
English
Published
2017-09-13
Publisher
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Author
United States Government Accountability Office

Description

The Navy is investing over $3 billion to develop technologies for a new type of aircraft carrier-the Ford class-and it expects to spend almost $11 billion to design and construct the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)-the lead ship of the class. New technologies are to improve the carrier's performance and reduce crew size. The Navy requested authorization of CVN 78 in its fiscal year 2008 budget. GAO was asked to assess the Navy's ability to meet its goals for developing the new carrier. Specifically, this report assesses (1) the extent to which technology development could affect the capability and construction of CVN 78, (2) the status of efforts to achieve design stability, and (3) the challenges to building CVN 78 within budget. To accomplish this, our work includes analysis of test reports, development schedules, and ship progress reviews; interviews with Navy and other officials; and examinations of cost estimates and our own past work.

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