THE US Government Accountability Office (GOA) wants to know how a navy warship modernization programme to extend the life of 11 missile cruisers by five years, never did and wasted US$1.48 billion in the process, reports New York's Marine Log.
It started when Congress rejected US Navy proposals to retire several of the ships and instead provided funding to modernize them.
gao wants the Navy assess root causes of unplanned work and develop mitigation strategies and re-assess quality assurance to prevent similar problems.
The navy planned to use a phased approach to modernization that would extend 11 cruisers' service life by five years and upgrade the vessels' combat capability.
The navy originally planned to complete all 11 cruisers by fiscal year 2026. The navy has other upcoming significant surface ship modernization efforts, such as for 23 destroyers. The success of these efforts is critical to the navy having a combat-ready fleet.
Since 2015, says GAO, the navy has spent about $3.7 billion modernizing seven of the Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruisers-large surface combatants that provide key air defense capabilities. However, only three of the seven ships will complete modernization, and none will gain five years of service life, as intended.
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It started when Congress rejected US Navy proposals to retire several of the ships and instead provided funding to modernize them.
gao wants the Navy assess root causes of unplanned work and develop mitigation strategies and re-assess quality assurance to prevent similar problems.
The navy planned to use a phased approach to modernization that would extend 11 cruisers' service life by five years and upgrade the vessels' combat capability.
The navy originally planned to complete all 11 cruisers by fiscal year 2026. The navy has other upcoming significant surface ship modernization efforts, such as for 23 destroyers. The success of these efforts is critical to the navy having a combat-ready fleet.
Since 2015, says GAO, the navy has spent about $3.7 billion modernizing seven of the Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruisers-large surface combatants that provide key air defense capabilities. However, only three of the seven ships will complete modernization, and none will gain five years of service life, as intended.
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