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Additional authors

1. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services, sponsoring body

Description

1. 1 online resource (ii, 27 pages) : color illustrations, color photographs

Summary

1. The Navy plans to spend approximately $61 billion to operate and maintain LCS, a class of small surface ships equipped with interchangeable sensors and weapons. With limited operations to date, these ships have entered the Navy's maintenance cycle. Since 2005, GAO has reported extensively on LCS issues, including ships delivered late and with increased costs and less capability than planned. The Navy also encountered problems as LCS entered the fleet, including higher than expected costs for contractor maintenance and numerous mechanical failures. In 2020, GAO reported that major maintenance on other surface ships using the same contracting approach as LCS was 64 days late, on average. The Navy acknowledges the importance of reducing maintenance delays in order to improve the readiness of its surface fleet. This report (1) describes the effect of the LCS program's acquisition and sustainment strategies on its contracted maintenance and (2) assesses the extent to which the Navy is using contracting approaches to address any cost and schedule risks in maintaining LCS.

Alternative title

1. GAO-21-172 LCS contracting strategy

Subject

1. United States. Navy -- Procurement -- Management
2. United States. Navy
3. Littoral combat ships -- United States -- Maintenance and repair -- Costs
4. Defense contracts -- United States -- Management
5. Armed Forces -- Procurement -- Management
6. Defense contracts -- Management
7. United States

Contents

1. Background -- New Navy approach to LCS sustainment will reduce, but not eliminate, the reliance on contractors -- Navy is beginning to use contract approaches to address some schedule and cost challenges for LCS maintenance -- Agency comments -- Appendices.

Call number

1. GPO Internet GA 1.13:GAO-21-172

Note

1. "April 2021."
2. "GAO-21-172."
3. In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Catalog and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Source of description (note)

1. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed May 6, 2021).

Author

1. United States. Government Accountability Office, author, issuing body.

Title

1. Littoral Combat Ship: unplanned work on maintenance contracts creates schedule risk as ships begin operations : report to the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives / United States Government Accountability Office.

Publisher

1. Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, 2021.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. computer

Type of carrier

1. online resource

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Connect to:

1. https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo222547

Added author

1. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services, sponsoring body.

Running title

1. GAO-21-172 LCS contracting strategy

Gpo item no.

1. 0546-D (online)

Sudoc no.

1. GA 1.13:GAO-21-172

Research call number

1. GPO Internet GA 1.13:GAO-21-172