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Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for Congress Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for Congress Ronald O'Rourke Specialist in Naval Affairs February 3, 2012 Congressional Research Service 7-5700 www.crs.gov RL32109 CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for Congress Summary Procurement of Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class Aegis destroyers resumed in FY2010 after a four- year hiatus. Congress funded the procurement of one DDG-51 in FY2010, two in FY2011, and one more in FY2012. The Navy’s FY2012 budget submission calls for procuring seven more in FY2013-FY2016. DDG-51s to be procured through FY2015 are to be of the current Flight IIA design. The Navy wants to begin procuring a new version of the DDG-51 design, called the Flight III design, starting in FY2016. The Flight III design is to feature a new and more capable radar called the Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR). The Navy began preliminary design work on the Flight III DDG-51 in FY2012. The Navy wants to use a multiyear procurement (MYP) contract for DDG- 51s to be procured from FY2013 through FY2017. The Navy’s proposed FY2012 budget requested $1,980.7 million in procurement funding for the DDG-51 planned for procurement in FY2012. This funding, together with $48.0 million in advance procurement funding provided in FY2011, would complete the ship’s total estimated procurement cost of $2,028.7 million. The Navy’s proposed FY2012 budget also requested $100.7 million in advance procurement funding for two DDG-51s planned for procurement in FY2013, $453.7 million in procurement funding to help complete procurement costs for the three Zumwalt (DDG-1000) class destroyers that were procured in FY2007 and FY2009, and $166.6 million in research and development funding for the AMDR. A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released on January 24, 2012, discusses several potential oversight issues for Congress regarding the Navy’s plans for procuring DDG- 51s, particularly the Flight III version. Some of these issues were first raised in this CRS report; the GAO report develops these issues at length and adds some additional issues. The issues include the following: • whether actions should be taken to mitigate the significant projected shortfall in cruisers and destroyers; • schedule risk for the Flight IIA DDG-51s; • whether there is an adequate analytical basis for procuring Flight III DDG-51s in lieu of the previously planned CG(X) cruiser, and whether an analysis of alternatives (AOA) or the equivalent of an AOA should be performed before committing to the development and procurement of Flight III DDG-51s; • whether the Flight III DDG-51 would have sufficient air and missile capability to perform projected air and missile defense missions; • cost, schedule, and technical risk in the Flight III DDG-51 program; • whether the Flight III DDG-51 design would have sufficient growth margin for a projected 35- or 40-year service life; • whether it would be appropriate for the Navy to use a multiyear procurement (MYP) contract in FY2013-FY2017 to procure one or more Flight III DDG-51s; and • whether the categorization of the Flight III DDG-51 program in the DOD acquisition process provides for a sufficient level of oversight for the program. Congressional Research Service Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for Congress Contents Introduction...................................................................................................................................... 1 Background...................................................................................................................................... 1 DDG-51 Program ...................................................................................................................... 1 General ................................................................................................................................ 1 Resumption of Flight IIA DDG-51 Procurement in FY2010.............................................. 3 Procurement of Flight III DDG-51 Planned For FY2016 ................................................... 3 Plan for Multiyear Procurement (MYP) in FY2013-FY2017 ............................................. 4 DDG-1000 Program .................................................................................................................. 4 Projected Shortfall in Cruisers and Destroyers.......................................................................... 5 Surface Combatant Construction Industrial Base...................................................................... 7 FY2012 Funding Request..........................................................................................................7 Issues for Congress.......................................................................................................................... 8 Projected Cruiser-Destroyer Shortfall ....................................................................................... 8 Flight IIA DDG-51: Schedule Risk ........................................................................................... 9 Flight III DDG-51: Analytical Basis ....................................................................................... 11 Flight III DDG-51: Adequacy of AAW and BMD Capability................................................. 19 Flight III DDG-51: Cost, Technical, and Schedule Risk ......................................................... 22 Flight III DDG-51: Growth Margin......................................................................................... 26 Flight III DDG-51: Inclusion in MYP..................................................................................... 28 Flight III DDG-51: Level of Oversight ................................................................................... 31 Options for Congress ..................................................................................................................... 33 Adjunct Radar Ship ................................................................................................................. 33 Flight III DDG-51 With Increased Capabilities....................................................................... 35 DDG-1000 Variant With AMDR ............................................................................................. 35 New-Design Destroyer ............................................................................................................36 Legislative Activity for FY2012.................................................................................................... 37 FY2012 Funding Request........................................................................................................ 37 FY2012 National Defense Authorization Bill (H.R. 1540/S. 1867/S. 1253)........................... 37 House................................................................................................................................. 37 Senate (S. 1867) ................................................................................................................38 Senate (S. 1253) ................................................................................................................38 Conference ........................................................................................................................ 38 FY2012 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 2055)........................................................................................... 39 Conference ........................................................................................................................ 39 FY2012 Defense Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2219).................................................................. 39 House................................................................................................................................. 39 Senate ................................................................................................................................ 39 Conference ........................................................................................................................ 40 Figures Figure 1. DDG-51 Flight IIA Destroyer .......................................................................................... 2 Figure 2. Cobra Judy Replacement Ship ....................................................................................... 35 Congressional Research Service Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for Congress Tables Table 1. Projected Cruiser-Destroyer Shortfall................................................................................ 6 Table 2. Notional Options for Mitigating Projected Cruiser-Destroyer Shortfall............................ 9 Appendixes Appendix A. Additional Background Information on DDG-1000 Program.................................. 41 Appendix B. Additional Background Information on CG(X) Cruiser Program............................ 49 Contacts Author Contact Information........................................................................................................... 52 Congressional Research Service Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for Congress Introduction This report presents background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Navy’s Arleigh Burke
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