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Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)/Frigate Program: Background and Issues for Congress
Contents
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 1
Background ..................................................................................................................................... 1
Strategic and Budgetary Context........................................................................................... 1
Program in General ................................................................................................................... 1
Ships.................................................................................................................................... 1
Mission Packages................................................................................................................ 5
M anning and D eploym ent............................................................................................... 6
Procurement Cost................................................................................................................ 7
Controversy and Proposals to Truncate Program ........................................................... 9
Major Program Developments .................................................................................................. 9
Major Program Developments Prior to Program's 2014 Restructuring .............. 9
Program 's 2014 Restructuring ........................................................................................ 9
December 2015 Memorandum Directing Reduction of Program to 40 Ships ............... 10
FY2016 Funding Request ................................................................................................... 14
Issues for Congress........................................................................................................................ 15
December 2014 Direction to Reduce Program to 40 Ships..................................................... 15
December 2014 Direction to Neck Down to Single Design Variant .................................... 15
Analytical Foundation for M odified LCS D esign (aka Frigate) .......................................... 16
Overview........................................................................................................................... 16
Three Analyses That Can Strengthen an Analytical Foundation.................................... 16
Original LCS Program Lacked One of These Analyses Prior to Announcement of
Program.......................................................................................................................... 17
Navy's Restructured Plan for Modified LCS Design (aka Frigate) Ships Appears
to Have Been Announced Without Two of These Analyses ...................................... 18
Survivability and Lethality of Baseline LCS D esign ........................................................... 22
Survivability of M odified LCS D esign ............................................................................... 23
A cquisition Strategy for Transitional Ships ........................................................................ 24
Technical Risk and Issues Relating to Program Execution .................................................. 25
Sea Frame ......................................................................................................................... 25
Mission Packages.............................................................................................................. 30
A dditional Oversight Issues Raised in GA O Reports ........................................................ 37
Legislative A activity for FY2016............................................................................................... 37
FY2016 Funding Request ................................................................................................... 37
FY2016 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1735 S. 1376).................................... 37
House ................................................................................................................................ 37
Senate................................................................................................................................ 39
Conference (Version Vetoed)........................................................................................ 44
FY2016 DOD Appropriations Act (H.R. 2685 S. 1558/H.R. 2029) ................................... 47
House ................................................................................................................................ 47
Senate................................................................................................................................ 47
Conference ........................................................................................................................ 48
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O'Rourke, Ronald. Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)/Frigate Program: Background and Issues for Congress, report, January 5, 2016; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc824668/m1/3/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.