Navy DD(X), CG(X), and LCS Ship Acquisition Programs: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress

The Navy in FY2006 and future years wants to procure three new classes of surface combatants - a destroyer called the DD(X), a cruiser called the CG(X), and a smaller surface combatant called the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Congress in FY2005 funded the procurement of the first LCS and provided advance procurement funding for the first and second DD(X)s, which the Navy wants to procure in FY2007 and FY2008, respectively. The FY2006-FY2011 Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP) reduces planned DD(X) procurement to one per year in FY2007-FY2011 and accelerates procurement of the first CG(X) to FY2011. The FY2006 budget requests $716 million in advance procurement funding for the DD(X) program - $666 million for the first DD(X) and $50 million for the second DD(X) - and $1,115 million for DD(X)/CG(X) research and development. The budget requests $613.3 million for the LCS program, including $576.5 million in research and development funding - $240.5 million to build the second LCS, and $336.0 million in additional research and development funding - and $36.8 million in procurement funding for LCS mission modules. The issue for Congress is whether to approve, modify, or reject the Navy's proposals for the DD(X), CG(X), and LCS programs. Surface combatants are a major component of the Navy, and construction of surface combatants represents a significant share of the Navy's shipbuilding program. Decisions that Congress makes on procurement of surface combatants will thus significantly affect future Navy capabilities, Navy funding requirements, and the U.S. defense industrial base.


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