This report provides information on the extent to which development and production are concurrent in the Seawolf nuclear attack submarine program, the status of the AN/BSY-2 combat system and other SSN-21 subsystems, and our opinion on whether procurement of the SSN-21 should be approved in FY-91. In addition to the overall concurrency of the SSN-21 design and construction program, we reviewed 10 of its subsystems and found that 6 subsystems involve concurrency. Four of these subsystems, including the AN/BSY-2, are critical to the ship's achieving full performance. A 1- or 2- year delay in contracting for the follow-on SSN-21, currently scheduled for November 1990, would allow for a longer period to develop the ship's and subsystems' designs. GAO concludes that the changing world events, the need to respond to the U.S. budget deficit, and the benefits of a less concurrent program warrant a 1-year delay in the award of the next SSN-21 production contract. Keywords: Nuclear powered submarines; Shipbuilding scheduling; Attack submarines; Contract administration. (edc)
Navy Ships: Concurrency within the SSN-21 Program
1990
22 pages
Report
No indication
English
Marine Engineering , Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Contract administration , Naval procurement , Nuclear powered submarines , Attack submarines , Naval budgets , Construction , Deficiencies , Global , Naval vessels , Production , Scheduling , Shipbuilding , Submarine equipment , Concurrency , SSN-21 Class vessels , AN/BSY-2
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