Navy Virginia (SSN 774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress

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Abstract:

The Navy has been procuring Virginia SSN-774 class nuclear-powered attack submarines since FY1998. The two Virginia-class boats requested for procurement in FY2017 are to be the 25th and 26th boats in the class. The 10 Virginia-class boats programmed for procurement in FY2014-FY2018 two per year for five years are being procured under a multiyear-procurement MYP contract. The Navy estimates the combined procurement cost of the two Virginia-class boats requested for procurement in FY2017 at 5,408.9 million, or an average of 2,704.5 million each. The boats have received a total of 1,623.3 million in prior-year advance procurement AP funding and 597.6 million in prior-year Economic Order Quantity EOQ funding. The Navys proposed FY2017 budget requests the remaining 3,188.0 million needed to complete the boats estimated combined procurement cost. The Navys proposed FY2017 budget also requests 1,767.2 million in AP funding for Virginia-class boats to be procured in future fiscal years, bringing the total FY2017 funding request for the program excluding outfitting and post-delivery costs to 4,955.2 million.

Author(s):
O'rourke, Ronald
Author Organization(s):
Congressional Research Service Washington United States
Descriptive Note:
Technical Report
Pagination:
0046

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release;

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
CRS-7-5700, RL32418
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_3.2.1_Kinetic Means; JCA_7.2.1_Mitigate Lethal Effects; JCA_7.2_Mitigate; JCA_7_Protection; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_4.2.3_Manage Global Supplier Networks; JCA_4.2_Supply; JCA_1.1_Force Management; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_4_Logistics; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution; JCA_1.1.1_Global Force Management; JCA_4.3_Maintain
Modernization Areas:
Space
Communities of Interest:
Ground and Sea Platforms
Descriptor(s):
MILITARY BUDGETS, COST ESTIMATES, NAVAL PROCUREMENT, aircraft carriers, national security, nuclear powered submarines, attack submarines, fleet ballistic missiles, shipbuilding, contractors, ballistic missile submarines, nuclear powered submarines
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Keyword(s):
10015, 10013, 10005
Report Date:
2016 Oct 25
Creation Date:
2017 Jun 02