Navy Columbia (SSBN-826) Class Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Navy Columbia (SSBN-826) Class Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress

Creator

  • Author: O'Rourke, Ronald
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Specialist in Naval Affairs

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2018-08-07

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This report provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Columbia-class program, a program to design and build a new class of 12 ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) to replace the Navy's current force of 14 Ohio-class SSBNs. The program was previously known as the Ohio replacement program (ORP) or SSBN(X) program. The Navy has identified the Columbia-class program as the Navy's top priority program. The Navy wants to procure the first Columbia-class boat in FY2021. The Navy's proposed FY2019 budget requests $3,005.3 million in advance procurement (AP) funding and $704.9 million in research and development funding for the program
  • Physical Description: 63 pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Ballistic missiles
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Submarines
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Defense budgets
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Naval procurement

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Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: R41129
  • Accession or Local Control No: R41129_2018Aug07
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1248287
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