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.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Navy--Procurement--Management.

United States.

United States. Navy.

Littoral combat ships--United States--Maintenance and repair--Costs.

Littoral combat ships.

Defense contracts--United States--Management.

Defense contracts.

Armed Forces--Procurement--Management.

Defense contracts--Management.

Physical Description:

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

Other Title:

GAO-21-172 LCS contracting strategy

Place of Publication:

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

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

"April 2021."

"GAO-21-172."

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 May 6, 2021).

OCLC:

1249938459