National Security Cutter : enhanced oversight needed to ensure problems discovered during testing and operations are addressed : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives / United States Government Accountability Office.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, sponsoring body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Coast Guard--Procurement.

United States.

United States. Coast Guard--Operational readiness.

United States. Coast Guard.

Ships--Purchasing--United States.

Ships.

Armed Forces--Procurement.

Operational readiness (Military science).

Ships--Purchasing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iii, 49 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

GAO-16-148 NSC operational testing

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, 2016.

Summary:

As part of the decades-long, multi-billion-dollar effort to replace aging Coast Guard vessels, aircraft, and information technologies, the Coast Guard developed the NSC to replace its High Endurance Cutter fleet. The Coast Guard conducted initial testing, a key acquisition event designed to ensure an asset is capable of meeting its mission prior to approving full-rate production, in 2014 after seven of eight planned NSCs had already been placed under contract and three were operational. In June 2014, GAO found that the Coast Guard continues to address design changes required for the NSC fleet that were identified prior to IOT & E. GAO was asked to review the NSC's initial testing event. This report examines (1) the performance of the NSC and its systems during that test, (2) the Coast Guard's plans for follow-on testing, and (3) the performance of the NSC during regular operations. GAO analyzed NSC requirements and test reports, post operational reports, and Coast Guard and DHS policies. GAO also interviewed officials with the Coast Guard, DHS, and NSC operators. GAO recommends that DHS ensure that the NSC's cutter boat requirements are clarified, that guidance address the timing of follow-on testing, and that further oversight is conducted as the Coast Guard works to remedy issues revealed in testing and operations. DHS agreed with the recommendations and provided timeframes for actions to address them.

Notes:

"January 2016."

"GAO-16-148."

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Catalog and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed January 13, 2016).

OCLC:

934628201