Ebook: Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress

Congressional Research Service, USA. CRS Report for Congress RS20643, March 24, 2015. - 55 с.
Программа ВМФ по созданию авианосца класса Форд (CVN-78). Отчёт Исследовательской службы Конгресса США, 24 марта 2015. На англ. яз.
Oversight issues for Congress for the CVN-78 program include the following:
cost growth in the CVN-78 program, Navy efforts to stem that growth, and Navy efforts to manage costs so as to stay within the program’s cost caps;
CVN-78 program issues that were raised in a January 2015 report from the Department of Defense’s (DOD’s) Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E);
the potential for a combined material purchase on CVN-80 and CVN-81;
and whether the Navy should shift at some point from procuring large-deck, nuclearpowered carriers like the CVN-78 class to procuring smaller aircraft carriers.Introduction.
Background.
The Navy’s Aircraft Carrier Force.
Statutory Requirement to Maintain Not Less Than 11 Carriers.
Origin of Requirement.
Waiver for Period Between CVN-65 and CVN-78.
Funding and Procuring Aircraft Carriers.
Some Key Terms.
Incremental Funding Authority for Aircraft Carriers.
Aircraft Carrier Construction Industrial Base.
Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) Class Program.
CVN-78.
CVN-79.
CVN-80.
Program Procurement Funding.
Changes in Estimated Unit Procurement Costs Since FY2008 Budget.
Program Procurement Cost Cap.
Issues for Congress.
Cost Growth and Managing Costs Within Program Cost Caps.
Overview.
Navy, CBO, and GAO Testimony, Reports, and Other Documents.
Issues Raised in January 2015 DOT&E Report.
Potential for Combined Material Purchase for CVNs 80 and 81.
Navy Study on Smaller Aircraft Carriers.
Legislative Activity for FY2016.
FY2016 Funding Request.
Figures.
Navy Illustration of CVN-78.
Tables.
Procurement Funding for CVNs 78, 79, and 80 Through FY2020.
Changes in Estimated Procurement Costs of CVNs 78, 79, and 80.
Appendixes.
March 2013 Navy Report to Congress on Construction Plan for CVN-79.
Contacts.
Author Contact Information.