GAO Report in PDF Format Navy Shipbuilding Programs: Nuclear Attack Submarine Issues (Testimony, 05/16/95, GAO/T-NSIAD-95-162). This testimony on production of the Navy's nuclear attack submarines makes three main points. First, alternatives to the Navy's approach to maintain the required SSN force structure could save billions of dollars and meet the Navy's force structure and threat requirements. Second, there is agreement within the intelligence community that Russia's frontline submarines are for the first time as quiet as or quieter than the SSN-688I and that Russia plans to continue reducing radiated noise levels on its submarines. Third, although the Navy argues that maintaining two nuclear shipbuilders preserves competition and hedges against future uncertainties, GAO concludes that consolidating production at a single shipyard would cut costs dramatically. --------------------------- Indexing Terms ----------------------------- REPORTNUM: T-NSIAD-95-162 TITLE: Navy Shipbuilding Programs: Nuclear Attack Submarine Issues DATE: 05/16/95 SUBJECT: Defense contingency planning Nuclear powered submarines Shipyards Shipbuilding industry Navy procurement Military cost control Antisubmarine warfare Combat readiness Cost analysis Naval warfare IDENTIFIER: SSN-23 Submarine SSN-688 Submarine SSN-688I Submarine Seawolf Attack Submarine Russia DOD Bottom-Up Review ------------------------------------------------------------------------ See the GAO FAQ - Section 2.0 for printed copy ordering information. The FAQ is automatically retrieved with all WAIS search results or can be obtained by sending e-mail to: info@www.gao.gov
