Crs Report for Congress: Navy Virginia (Ssn-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement

ISBN-10: 1294255681
ISBN-13: 9781294255680
Series: Crs Report for Congress
Pages: 32
Language: English
Published: 2013-11
Publisher: BiblioGov
Authors: Ronald O'Rourke, Congressional Research Service: The Libr

Description

The Navy has been procuring Virginia (SSN-774) class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) since FY1998. Fourteen have been procured through FY2011, and another two are requested for FY2012. The eight boats to be procured in the five-year period FY2009-FY2013 (boats 11 through 18, in annual quantities of 1-1-2-2-2) are being procured under a multiyear procurement (MYP) arrangement. The Navy's proposed FY2012 budget requests $3,232.2 million in procurement funding to complete the procurement cost of the 15th and 16th Virginia-class boats. The FY2012 budget estimates the combined procurement cost of these two boats at $5,142.8 million, and under Navy budget plans the boats are to receive a total of $1,910.5 million in prior-year advance procurement (AP) and Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) funding. The Navy's proposed FY2012 budget also requests $1,524.8 million in AP funding for Virginia-class boats to be procured in future years. Potential issues for Congress regarding the Virginia-class program include the following: the Virginia-class procurement rate in coming years, particularly in the context of the larger debate over future U.S. defense strategy and defense spending; the Navy's plans for inserting new technologies into the Virginia-class design; whether the Navy should build at least some Virginia-class boats in ...