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Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress
Table A-4. POR Compared to Objective Mixes in FMA Phases I and 2
From Fleet Mix Analysis Phase I (2009) and Phase 2 (2Q11 )
Objective Refined
Program of Fleet Mix Objective
Record from FMA Mix from
Ship type (POR) Phase I FMA Phase 2
NSC 8 9 9
OPC 25 57 49
FRC 58 91 91
Total 91 157 149
Source: Fleet Mix Analysis Phase I, Executive Summary, Table ES-8 on page ES- 13, and Fleet Mix Analysis Phase
2, Table ES-2 on p. iv.
Compared to the POR, the larger force mixes shown in Table A-2 and Table A-4 would be more
expensive to procure, operate, and support than the POR force. Using the average NSC, OPC, and
FRC procurement cost figures presented earlier (see "Background"), procuring the 58 additional
cuffers in the Refined Objective Mix from FMA Phase 2 might cost an additional $10.7 billion, of
which most (about $7.8 billion) would be for the 24 additional FRCs. (The actual cost would
depend on numerous factors, such as annual procurement rates.) O&S costs for these 58
additional cutters over their life cycles (including crew costs and periodic ship maintenance costs)
would require billions of additional dollars.4
The larger force mixes in the FMA Phase 1 and 2 studies, moreover, include not only increased
numbers of cuffers, but also increased numbers of Coast Guard aircraft. In the FMA Phase 1
study, for example, the objective fleet mix included 479 aircraft-93% more than the 248 aircraft
in the POR mix. Stated the other way around, the POR includes about 52% as many aircraft as the
objective fleet mix. A decision to procure larger numbers of cutters like those shown in Table A-2
and Table A-4 might thus also imply a decision to procure, operate, and support larger numbers
of Coast Guard aircraft, which would require billions of additional dollars. The FMA Phase 1
study estimated the procurement cost of the objective fleet mix of 157 cutters and 479 aircraft at
$61 billion to $67 billion in constant FY2009 dollars, or about 66% more than the procurement
cost of $37 billion to $40 billion in constant FY2009 dollars estimated for the POR mix of 91
cuffers and 248 aircraft. The study estimated the total ownership cost (i.e., procurement plus life-
cycle O&S cost) of the objective fleet mix of cutters and aircraft at $201 billion to $208 billion in
constant FY2009 dollars, or about 53% more than the total ownership cost of $132 billion to $136
billion in constant FY2009 dollars estimated for POR mix of cuffers and aircraft.4
A December 7, 2015, press report states the following:
The Coast Guard's No. 2 officer said the small size and advanced age of its fleet is
limiting the service's ability to carry out crucial missions in the Arctic and drug transit
zones or to meet rising calls for presence in the volatile South China Sea.
41 The FMA Phase 1 and Phase 2 studies present acquisition and life-cycle ownership cost calculations for force mixes
that include not only larger numbers of NSC, OPCs, and FRCs, but corresponding larger numbers of Coast Guard
aircraft.
42 Fleet Mix Analysis Phase 1, Executive Summary, Table ES-il on page ES-19, and Table ES-1O on page ES-18. The
life-cycle O&S cost was calculated through 2050.Congressional Research Service 26
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